Disaster Averted: Barstool Sports Founder Dave Portnoy Rescued By Coast Guard Near Nantucket

Dave Portnoy has had an eventful year thus far: celebrating his beloved Boston Celtics taking home the team's 18th NBA Championship, attending NFL legend Tom Brady's retirement ceremony and more.

But Portnoy’s celebratory summer took a frightening turn after he got stranded at sea.

The U.S. Coast Guard eventually helped the Barstool Sports founder tow his boat back to his Nantucket residence.

What Happened: Portnoy posted a video on X describing the event, in which his boat lost power in heavy winds. Portnoy, accompanied by his mother, said he unhooked his boat from the buoys without ensuring that the boat had power. 

"Captain Dave third time out made a mistake," Portnoy said in his video. "Captain unhooked himself from the buoy before he turned the boat on to make sure the boat wasn't dead. No power, no anchor, no radio, no nothing. Next thing you know Captain Dave is lost at sea."

Portnoy then fired a flare gun into the air in an attempt to gain the attention of others on the water, but that did little to help. Eventually, a woman in what Portnoy said appeared to be a rowboat, came close enough to Portnoy's ship that he was able to yell and get her attention.

The woman climbed onto Portnoy's ship and asked to make a TikTok with him. Portnoy told her there was no time for TikToks. But, the woman did have a working radio and was able to contact the Coast Guard.

"Captain Dave had to be halfway to the Carribean, just rocking, no power," Portnoy said. "Thankfully Coast Guard, god bless his soul bring me back to my thing, Captain Dave lives to tell another tell." 

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