Oliver Widger reflected on why he thinks his many followers — more than a million on TikTok and Instagram — are drawn to his story of quitting his 9-to-5 job and embarking on a journey from Oregon to ...

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He and feline Phoenix were welcomed by cheering fans at the end of a weekslong journey that he documented for his mass of followers on social media.

Widger, who worked at a tire company in Portland, left it all behind last year. He bought a boat and relocated to Warrenton, ...

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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) ...

He heard about people who sailed from California to Hawaii and decided that was the ... mostly via YouTube and moved from Portland to the Oregon coast, where he spent months refitting the $50,000 ...

sits inside their sailboat somewhere in the Pacific Ocean as both make their way from Oregon to Hawaii. Credit: AP/Oliver Widger Now, Widger is harnessing the power of social media to fund his ...