He said he was inspired to make a change after he was diagnosed with a spinal condition that could leave him paralyzed.

Oliver Widger is going viral as he documents his journey across the Pacific Ocean on social media. His sole crewmate on the ...

Widger, 29, bought a boat in Portland and moved to Warrenton to prepare for what he called “a wild, impossible dream: to sail ...

They tend to inflate like a balloon in between eruptions. At Axial, the sea floor is actually rising, and that’s a big signal.” ...

Oliver Widger had no prior sailing experience before he paid $50,000 for a used Com-Pac 33 boat, which he named Phoenix, ...

Wilson Weber’s jaw-dropping performance last week wasn’t just good. It was (tied for) the best in college baseball. The ...

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 ...

His goal: to set sail from his home in Oregon and voyage around the world, starting with a first leg of 2,400 miles to Hawaii. Mr. Widger’s journey is different from other ocean voyages in two ...