Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy needed to be rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard in Nantucket on Monday after he stated he was nearly “misplaced to the ocean.”
Talking to the practically 4 million followers he has on the social media platform TikTok, Portnoy defined that he was taking his mother out on his boat in Massachusetts when he realized he had no energy.
Barstool Sports activities CEO Dave Portnoy cheers throughout a duck boat parade to have a good time the 18th Boston Celtics NBA championship. (Kayla Bartkowski/The Boston Globe through Getty Photos)
“Your boys nearly misplaced Captain Dave at this time,” he recalled. “Captain Dave nearly was misplaced to the ocean, Mom Ocean.”
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“Unhooked it to the buoys, turned the engine on – lifeless. Breaker’s lifeless. Captain Dave, third trip, made a mistake… Captain Dave unhooked himself to the buoy earlier than he turned the boat on to verify the boat wasn’t lifeless. No energy, no radio, no anchor, no nothing. Heavy, heavy, winds. Subsequent factor you already know, Captain Dave is misplaced at sea.”
Portnoy stated he tried to steer the boat with out crashing into anybody else within the harbor. He used a flare gun to ship a misery sign, however to no avail. Finally, a lady in what he stated appeared like a “rowboat” seen a problem and boarded his vessel.
She radioed the Coast Guard for assist, and Portnoy’s odyssey got here to an finish.
Dave Portnoy in the course of the NBA Finals between the Dallas Mavericks and the Boston Celtics at American Airways Heart on June 14, 2024, in Dallas. (Stacy Revere/Getty Photos)
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“Captain Dave lives to inform one other story. Third time as a captain [and] already misplaced at sea. It’s a harmful sport. Sea’s indignant, my buddies.”
In response to a report from U.S Coast Guard Station Brant Level, the Coast Guard was conducting coaching workout routines on the time that the radio name for a 28-foot vessel that broke free from its mooring got here in, FOX 25 Boston reported.
They responded and towed the boat again to the harbor.
“We’re glad that he used distressed indicators and applaud the great Samaritan for having a VHF radio able to hail the Coast Guard,” a spokesperson informed the outlet.
Dave Portnoy claps in the course of the UFC 281 occasion at Madison Sq. Backyard on Nov. 12, 2022, in New York Metropolis. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
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As for Portnoy, the incident was sufficient to maintain him on land for a short time.
“Captain Dave might by no means go on the boat once more.”
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