Oliver Widger and Phoenix sailed from the Oregon coast to Hawaii in a boat he bought without knowing how to sail.

HONOLULU (AP) — 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 ...

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