An Oregon man and his cat, who gathered nearly 2 million followers on social media while sailing from Oregon to Hawaii, arrived safely in Honolulu on May 24 after 25 days at sea. Oliver Widger, known ...

Oliver Widger prepares to set sail from Oregon to Hawaii. An Oregon man has amassed a large social media following as he sails across the Pacific Ocean for the first time with his cat. When Oliver ...

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 ...

Oliver Widger, 29, quit his corporate job, liquidated his 401(k) and took a leap into the unknown. Just a man, a boat and his cat, Phoenix. Widger, who worked at a tire company in Portland, left it ...

Luke Barwikowski is the CEO and founder of Pixels, a video game that utilizes blockchain technology. He founded the company while traveling through New Zealand, the Pacific, and Africa. Today, he ...

“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 ...

In this screengrab taken from a video posted on Oliver Widger's Instagram account on Saturday, May 3, 2025, Widger talks to the camera somewhere in the Pacific Ocean as he and his cat, Phoenix, sail ...

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 social media sensation as he sails from Oregon to Hawaii with his cat, ...