- Dave Portnoy claims he had 'no power, no radio, no nothing' with his boat dead
- READ MORE: Portnoy insists 'bad a**' Donald Trump will easily win the election
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy was rescued by the Nantucket Coast Guard after he found himself stranded at sea, he revealed Monday.
Portnoy had planned to take his mother out for a boat ride, but found that his boat's engine and breakers were dead after removing his vehicle from its buoys.
At that point, the 47-year-old was unable to control his boat as it drifted around the sea, and he didn't have a working radio either.
'No power, no radio, no anchor, no nothing. Heavy, heavy, winds. Next thing you know, Captain Dave is lost at sea,' he said in a video posted to social media.
He said in the video that he set off a distress flare before a woman noticed his calls for help and boarded his boat.
Dave Portnoy credited the Coast Guard for saving his life when he drifted out to sea
Incredibly, Portnoy says the woman asked if the pair could film a TikTok video together before calling the Coast Guard herself.
From there, 'four burly dudes' came to his aid and towed his boat back.
'Captain Dave had to be halfway to f*****g the Carribean,' he said, adding earlier in the clip that 'your boys almost lost Captain Dave today.'
The Coast Guard confirmed the episode in a statement to Boston.com.
'Sector Southern New England received a report from U.S Coast Guard Station Brant Point of an approximately 28′ pleasure craft belonging to Dave Portnoy that broke free of its mooring in Nantucket Harbor and was drifting through the area,' they said.
Portnoy's rescue at sea comes after he insisted 'bad a**' Donald Trump will easily win the election after surviving an assassination attempt.
The former president and Republican nominee was rushed off the stage by Secret Service agents on Saturday during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania after gunshots rang through the crowd.
Portnoy was adamant over the weekend that Donald Trump would easily win re-election after surviving an assassination attempt
Portnoy revealed he was on a flight when the incident took place but, when he landed, insisted Trump would now coast to victory over rival Joe Biden.
The Barstool Sports chief posted on X: 'I just landed and missed an assignation (sic) attempt. Holy s***. What a bad a** reaction from Trump. The election is over. He's the next president. The Dems should give up. They can't beat him now.'
'Also can we quit with the hate on both sides. This country is ripping apart. Let the voters decide. Just cause you vote on 1 side or the other doesn't make you satan.'
