After getting a life-altering medical diagnosis, Oliver Widger sold nearly all his possessions, bought a sailboat and started on the journey across the Pacific with his cat.

Oliver Widger and his cat, Phoenix, have become social media stars as they journey across the Pacific Ocean. They’re lerning as they go.

A 29-year-old former tire shop manager who quit his job and cashed in his retirement savings to buy a sailboat has become a ...

A 29-year-old Clackamas High School graduate is sailing from Oregon to Hawaii with no prior open-ocean experience, a rare ...

Oliver Widger has amassed a large social media following as he sails from Oregon across the Pacific Ocean for the first time ...

The Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Sailing earned a spot in the ICSA Women’s Fleet Race National Championship next week after a ...

Widger, 29, bought a boat in Portland and moved to Warrenton to prepare for what he called “a wild, impossible dream: to sail ...

“I’m sailing around the world ... Jesse Harms of the U.S. Coast Guard in Hawaii hasn’t been following the journey closely, but said he is relieved to hear Widger has the Emergency ...

May 3, 2025, Widger talks to the camera somewhere in the Pacific Ocean as he and his cat, Phoenix, sail from Oregon to Hawaii. (Oliver Widger via AP) ...