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An Oregon man who quit his job to set sail with his cat arrives to cheering fans in Hawaii
An Oregon man who quit his job at a tire company and liquidated his retirement savings to set sail for Hawaii with his cat ...
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Sailing from Oregon to Hawaii after quitting his job turns a man with a cat into social media star
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 ...
This Oregon man, 29, left the ‘corporate grind’ to sail around the world with his cat — how he makes it work
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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An Oregon man who quit his job to set sail with his cat arrives to cheering fans in Hawaii
29-year-old Oregon man who sailed from Oregon to Hawai, arrives at the Waikiki Yacht Club, on Saturday, May 24, 2025 in Waikiki, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Michelle Bir) Oliver Widger, 29-year-old Oregon ...
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Sailing from Oregon to Hawaii after quitting his job turns a man with a cat into social media star
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) ...
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Sailing from Oregon to Hawaii after quitting his job turns a man with a cat into social media star
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 ...