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 ...

An Oregon man has ... knowledge of sailing, Widger liquidated his 401K, bought a sailboat, and began learning how to sail. A year later, he is now in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, sailing ...

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 ...

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