He could`ve parked it `a la VL`,tail clear over the canal.......but,but...some other eejit would`ve driven a boat into it,or tried to tie up to the hand-hold....
Not sure the distance between the building and canal edge (5-7m?), but with the rotor diameter being 10.5m, I reckon that even if he did manage that without hitting the building the ac would possibly have toppled back into the canal anyway
Have a look at the marks on the lamp-post (roughly in line with the middle of the open window in this photo). Having watched the video a couple more times, it seems this way, but perhaps my imagination.
Looks to me more like sticky tape residue than blade strike marks.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/endafa...38360/sizes/o/
As you can also see on the other posts, including those on the other side of the canal;
https://www.flickr.com/photos/endafa...01768/sizes/k/
And if the hole was taken out of the building's wooden cladding by the tail as the aircraft was suddenly rotated.
That's not even imagination !