Hold My Drink And Watch This takes us to Florida today where the US Coast Guard had to rescue a man who was trying to make it to Puerto Rico in a Ocean Bubble. 

 

The Coast Guard had advised against the trip to start with.

 

From NBC Miami:

 

Coast Guard Petty Officer Mark Barney said long-distance runner Reza Baluchi was picked up Sunday off Florida and his "hydropod" was being towed to shore. Baluchi agreed to be voluntarily rescued.
 

The Coast Guard tweeted Sunday that Baluchi’s voyage had ended “after he violated a USCG order not to embark on his seagoing journey.”

The contraption, years in the making, includes 36 buoyancy balls on each side, a life jacket with a water filter, a GPS tracking device and even shark repellent.