Last spring, Oliver Widger quit his corporate job of 11 years, liquidated his 401(k) and bought a sailboat. His goal: to set sail from his home in Oregon and voyage around the world, starting with a ...

Oliver Widger and his cat Phoenix arrived in Hawaii on Saturday, May 24, after their 24-day journey from Oregon Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

HONOLULU – An Oregon man who quit his job at a tire company and liquidated his retirement savings to set sail for Hawaii with his cat, Phoenix, reached his destination Saturday, welcomed by cheering ...

He, and his cat, got a hero’s welcome. Oliver Widger, a viral TikToker who amassed millions of followers documenting his solo sailing trip from Oregon to Hawaii, arrived Saturday on the Aloha State, ...

Oliver Widger, a viral TikToker who amassed millions of followers documenting his solo sailing trip from Oregon to Hawaii, arrived Saturday on the Aloha State, where he and his cat got a hero's ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A 29-year-old Clackamas High School graduate is sailing from Oregon to Hawaii with no prior open-ocean experience, a rare spinal condition, and a cat named Phoenix — and winning ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Midway while sailing across the Pacific with just his cat named Phoenix, Oliver Widger reflected on why he thinks his many followers — more than a million on TikTok and Instagram — are ...

“The world kind of sucks and, like, I don’t think I’m alone in how I felt with my work,” Widger, 29, told The Associated Press on Wednesday via Zoom. “You can be making $150,000 a year and you still ...

The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed that the 29-year-old Oliver Widger has safely landed in Hawaii as of Saturday. Widger — who went viral for quitting his job and setting sail with no prior open-ocean ...

Midway while sailing across the Pacific with just his cat named Phoenix, Oliver Widger reflected on why he thinks his many followers — more than a million on TikTok and Instagram — are drawn to his ...