Sailing With Phoenix - anyone following the journey? (1 Viewer)

[Terpman22]

I looked but I didn't see it so here goes.

Dude is on day 12 of sailing from OR to HI after liquidating his 401k once he learned he had a really bad unfixable neck injury, quit his job, said "I'm sailing around the world with my cat" bought a sailboat, fixed it up, literally got a total of 75 nautical miles experience before embarking on this Pacific Crossing. He's posting daily stories and updates on TikTok via the Starlink internet, which is insane. He did an interview with Anderson Cooper this week. Pretty cool story, its opening a bunch of conversations up about life, the rat race, chasing dreams etc.

He's got over 1m followers now and i'm sure a pretty large party of people planning to meet him once he lands in Hawaii, which should be some time early next week.

 

[SWC]

no i am not but good on that brohan i do not do tik tok so no way to watch but i wish him well and i wish you well in your adventures watching him take that to the bank brochacho

 

[dgreen]

its opening a bunch of conversations up about life, the rat race, chasing dreams etc.

I'm not as adventurous as this guy, but I've been feeling similar things for a few years now. My retirement plan is to jump in a car and just drive around the country for a few months. Pretty sure my wife is willing to join me. No set agenda. Just hit the road and go wherever we want.

 

[El Floppo]

its opening a bunch of conversations up about life, the rat race, chasing dreams etc.

I'm not as adventurous as this guy, but I've been feeling similar things for a few years now. My retirement plan is to jump in a car and just drive around the country for a few months. Pretty sure my wife is willing to join me. No set agenda. Just hit the road and go wherever we want.

I did exactly that after graduating college, almost 3 months- truly amazing experience that everybody should try to do to see this beautiful country of ours and get out of their own myopic lives.

 

[El Floppo]

and this is a really cool story- thanks for sharing it here (I hadn't heard anything about it).

of course, i hope nothing goes wrong out there... but he's banked those 70 miles training, so what could got wrong that he can't handle. (I would bet there are a lot of people following to see him fail, sadly... and failing could be lethal. sadder for the cat in that instance, tbh.)

 

[Zow]

Good for him. I anticipate that I'd do something similar* if I were in that situation and didn't have a wife and kids to financially worry about.

*I'd cash everything out and go play the world's best golf courses.

 

[El Floppo]

Good for him. I anticipate that I'd do something similar* if I were in that situation and didn't have a wife and kids to financially worry about.

*I'd cash everything out and go play the world's best golf courses.

In other words, nothing similar. But I like your thinking!

 

[Scoresman]

Been watching the videos he posts on social media and every time all I can wonder is that I hope his cat hasn't gone overboard.

 

[Terpman22]

Been watching the videos he posts on social media and every time all I can wonder is that I hope his cat hasn't gone overboard.

Cat is way too chill for this lol

 

[beer 30]

These always start out super cool and everyone gets behind them then Mother Nature reminds us why she always wins and something bad happens.

Hoping he makes it and it all works out.

 

[El Floppo]

These always start out super cool and everyone gets behind them then Mother Nature reminds us why she always wins and something bad happens.

Hoping he makes it and it all works out.

Spalding Greys movie, Swimming to Cambodia includes a quotation from somebody he worked with... "The Sea is a *****- you can play IN her, but never play WITH her."

 

[Ron Swanson]

There are quite a few channels like this on Youtube. SV Delos was the original. No chronic neck injury but he sold everything and started sailing around the world. Started a Youtube channel to maybe help fund it, it worked out, and 16 years later still at it but now married with a kid on the boat.

Sailing SV Delos

Sailing With SV Delos! This is our story, a story of three souls sailing around the world. It is a story about sailing and travel and adventure. But it's also a story about meeting amazing people and making life long friends. It's a story of people living their lives in an alternate way, in...

www.youtube.com

 

[urbanhack]

Pretty sure I only know about this because my lady thinks he's hot.

 

[ChiefD]

That dude is gonna get so much action when he gets to Hawaii.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

I’m on board. Pretty great. He came across my feed right as he was starting. Dude cracks me up.

 

[nirad3]

its opening a bunch of conversations up about life, the rat race, chasing dreams etc.

I'm not as adventurous as this guy, but I've been feeling similar things for a few years now. My retirement plan is to jump in a car and just drive around the country for a few months. Pretty sure my wife is willing to join me. No set agenda. Just hit the road and go wherever we want.

I did exactly that after graduating college, almost 3 months- truly amazing experience that everybody should try to do to see this beautiful country of ours and get out of their own myopic lives.

Same, but my journey was 45 days. I think we may have already commented on each others' stories. It was an amazing time, probably some of the best consecutive weeks of my life.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

I looked but I didn't see it so here goes.

Dude is on day 12 of sailing from OR to HI after liquidating his 401k once he learned he had a really bad unfixable neck injury, quit his job, said "I'm sailing around the world with my cat" bought a sailboat, fixed it up, literally got a total of 75 nautical miles experience before embarking on this Pacific Crossing. He's posting daily stories and updates on TikTok via the Starlink internet, which is insane. He did an interview with Anderson Cooper this week. Pretty cool story, its opening a bunch of conversations up about life, the rat race, chasing dreams etc.

He's got over 1m followers now and i'm sure a pretty large party of people planning to meet him once he lands in Hawaii, which should be some time early next week.

Is the neck issue something terminal? Just trying to figure out how that plays into this. Or something that he suffers with so if things go wrong he doesn't mind if things end or something?

 

[El Floppo]

its opening a bunch of conversations up about life, the rat race, chasing dreams etc.

I'm not as adventurous as this guy, but I've been feeling similar things for a few years now. My retirement plan is to jump in a car and just drive around the country for a few months. Pretty sure my wife is willing to join me. No set agenda. Just hit the road and go wherever we want.

I did exactly that after graduating college, almost 3 months- truly amazing experience that everybody should try to do to see this beautiful country of ours and get out of their own myopic lives.

Same, but my journey was 45 days. I think we may have already commented on each others' stories. It was an amazing time, probably some of the best consecutive weeks of my life.

Yeah... We discussed pretty recently, iirc.

My dad was a sailor, and we'd do sailing vacations during my childhood- head somewhere nice and rent a little sailboat instead of a car and tool around for a week or two. Absolute highlights of my young life... Bums me out I can't afford to or have enough skills to do it for my family. My wife would hate it though... She's likes to be comfortable, and little sailboats are anything but.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

I looked but I didn't see it so here goes.

Dude is on day 12 of sailing from OR to HI after liquidating his 401k once he learned he had a really bad unfixable neck injury, quit his job, said "I'm sailing around the world with my cat" bought a sailboat, fixed it up, literally got a total of 75 nautical miles experience before embarking on this Pacific Crossing. He's posting daily stories and updates on TikTok via the Starlink internet, which is insane. He did an interview with Anderson Cooper this week. Pretty cool story, its opening a bunch of conversations up about life, the rat race, chasing dreams etc.

He's got over 1m followers now and i'm sure a pretty large party of people planning to meet him once he lands in Hawaii, which should be some time early next week.

Is the neck issue something terminal? Just trying to figure out how that plays into this. Or something that he suffers with so if things go wrong he doesn't mind if things end or something?

His story is more about being sick of the rat race. He worked at discount tire for 11 years. Cashed everything out, bought the boat,
Learned to sail. Made some modifications on the boat. Launched for HI 2 weeks ago. He doesn’t mention the neck at all

 

[Zow]

I looked but I didn't see it so here goes.

Dude is on day 12 of sailing from OR to HI after liquidating his 401k once he learned he had a really bad unfixable neck injury, quit his job, said "I'm sailing around the world with my cat" bought a sailboat, fixed it up, literally got a total of 75 nautical miles experience before embarking on this Pacific Crossing. He's posting daily stories and updates on TikTok via the Starlink internet, which is insane. He did an interview with Anderson Cooper this week. Pretty cool story, its opening a bunch of conversations up about life, the rat race, chasing dreams etc.

He's got over 1m followers now and i'm sure a pretty large party of people planning to meet him once he lands in Hawaii, which should be some time early next week.

Is the neck issue something terminal? Just trying to figure out how that plays into this. Or something that he suffers with so if things go wrong he doesn't mind if things end or something?

His story is more about being sick of the rat race. He worked at discount tire for 11 years. Cashed everything out, bought the boat,
Learned to sail. Made some modifications on the boat. Launched for HI 2 weeks ago. He doesn’t mention the neck at all

Oh. I thought this guy was likely dying soon or something.

I retract my prior statement.

 

[General Malaise]

I looked but I didn't see it so here goes.

Dude is on day 12 of sailing from OR to HI after liquidating his 401k once he learned he had a really bad unfixable neck injury, quit his job, said "I'm sailing around the world with my cat" bought a sailboat, fixed it up, literally got a total of 75 nautical miles experience before embarking on this Pacific Crossing. He's posting daily stories and updates on TikTok via the Starlink internet, which is insane. He did an interview with Anderson Cooper this week. Pretty cool story, its opening a bunch of conversations up about life, the rat race, chasing dreams etc.

He's got over 1m followers now and i'm sure a pretty large party of people planning to meet him once he lands in Hawaii, which should be some time early next week.

Is the neck issue something terminal? Just trying to figure out how that plays into this. Or something that he suffers with so if things go wrong he doesn't mind if things end or something?

His story is more about being sick of the rat race. He worked at discount tire for 11 years. Cashed everything out, bought the boat,
Learned to sail. Made some modifications on the boat. Launched for HI 2 weeks ago. He doesn’t mention the neck at all

Big fan of Discount Tire.

Cool story!

 

[glvsav37]

its opening a bunch of conversations up about life, the rat race, chasing dreams etc.

I'm not as adventurous as this guy, but I've been feeling similar things for a few years now. My retirement plan is to jump in a car and just drive around the country for a few months. Pretty sure my wife is willing to join me. No set agenda. Just hit the road and go wherever we want.

Same, but for me its these sprinter vans converted into mini campers...and it would just be me. I'm sure my wife has no interest in leaving our comfortable home and living off the grid for X-amount of months.

There are quite a few channels like this on Youtube. SV Delos was the original. No chronic neck injury but he sold everything and started sailing around the world. Started a Youtube channel to maybe help fund it, it worked out, and 16 years later still at it but now married with a kid on the boat.

Sailing SV Delos

Sailing With SV Delos! This is our story, a story of three souls sailing around the world. It is a story about sailing and travel and adventure. But it's also a story about meeting amazing people and making life long friends. It's a story of people living their lives in an alternate way, in...

www.youtube.com

Sailing La Vagabond is one I had been following a while ago. When I stopped, they were having their 2nd kid aboard a boat sailing all over. I wish I had nothing holding me here.....the coastal world looks amazing.

 

[dgreen]

its opening a bunch of conversations up about life, the rat race, chasing dreams etc.

I'm not as adventurous as this guy, but I've been feeling similar things for a few years now. My retirement plan is to jump in a car and just drive around the country for a few months. Pretty sure my wife is willing to join me. No set agenda. Just hit the road and go wherever we want.

Same, but for me its these sprinter vans converted into mini campers...and it would just be me. I'm sure my wife has no interest in leaving our comfortable home and living off the grid for X-amount of months.

Yeah, I've seen those and I think I'd consider that. But I think the sleeping and showering situations in those would get old pretty quickly for me.

 

[glvsav37]

its opening a bunch of conversations up about life, the rat race, chasing dreams etc.

I'm not as adventurous as this guy, but I've been feeling similar things for a few years now. My retirement plan is to jump in a car and just drive around the country for a few months. Pretty sure my wife is willing to join me. No set agenda. Just hit the road and go wherever we want.

Same, but for me its these sprinter vans converted into mini campers...and it would just be me. I'm sure my wife has no interest in leaving our comfortable home and living off the grid for X-amount of months.

Yeah, I've seen those and I think I'd consider that. But I think the sleeping and showering situations in those would get old pretty quickly for me.

I hear ya...I've hit this stage in my life where I'm sick of buying/storing/collecting "stuff" that just collects dust and credit card interest. Likewise, every year I tell myself i'm going to build an outdoor shower in my backyard (not just for after pool showers).

I've watched a ton of videos on these camper vans and im highly impressed with the different ways they design these interiors and 'amenities'. I think i could def live in them for a few months, esp (and sorry to say) if the wife wasn't with me. She's the one that needs 'product' and 'things' that takes up the space, where I could live off a bar or 2 of soap and bottle shampoo for a year. I'd trade a shower for a dip in a fresh lake any day.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

These always start out super cool and everyone gets behind them then Mother Nature reminds us why she always wins and something bad happens.

Hoping he makes it and it all works out.

Yeah. I know my limits and sailing is near the top of that list.

 

[Ron Swanson]

Yeah, it sounds great but if you've spent any amount of time on the ocean in small boats you know how violent and unpredictable the ocean can be. And how small the ocean can make even a large 40-60' bluewater cruiser feel.

There's just about no worse feeling than looking to the horizon and seeing a wave taller than your boat heading straight at you. You can only hope nothing clogs the scuppers and do your best impression of a bobber. Your gonna get wet, you just hope not to swamp or capsize.

 

[Terpman22]

Yeah, it sounds great but if you've spent any amount of time on the ocean in small boats you know how violent and unpredictable the ocean can be. And how small the ocean can make even a large 40-60' bluewater cruiser feel.

There's just about no worse feeling than looking to the horizon and seeing a wave taller than your boat heading straight at you. You can only hope nothing clogs the scuppers and do your best impression of a bobber. Your gonna get wet, you just hope not to swamp or capsize.

Bro I was out on the open oceans for a minute during a deployment in the Marines, ship about half the size of a carrier and STIL that thing had some extremely rocky moments. Some paths are more dangerous than others, but the notion of the ocean is still the same, don't f with it. I admire this guy's courage.

 

[El Floppo]

Yeah, it sounds great but if you've spent any amount of time on the ocean in small boats you know how violent and unpredictable the ocean can be. And how small the ocean can make even a large 40-60' bluewater cruiser feel.

There's just about no worse feeling than looking to the horizon and seeing a wave taller than your boat heading straight at you. You can only hope nothing clogs the scuppers and do your best impression of a bobber. Your gonna get wet, you just hope not to swamp or capsize.

Bro I was out on the open oceans for a minute during a deployment in the Marines, ship about half the size of a carrier and STIL that thing had some extremely rocky moments. Some paths are more dangerous than others, but the notion of the ocean is still the same, don't f with it. I admire this guy's courage.

I mentioned my dad, who always dreamed about sailing to HI from home near SF.

He sailed and raced a ton in the SF bay and on our sailing vacations- all coastal and inter-island. He did a couple longer trips down the coast to Half Moon Bay and realized nope- more open water was not for him.. and that was with the coast in sight.

Can't imagine being days/weeks away from land on a tiny little boat if things went south. Especially without a long history handling a boat and intimate knowledge of that specific boat.

 

[fatness]

He and his cat arrived safely in Hawaii.

Man Who Quit Corporate Job to Sail the World With His Cat Arrives in Hawaii

One year after quitting his corporate job, Oliver Widger and his cat, Phoenix, have completed their sailing trip from Oregon to Hawaii.

www.today.com

Widger, who quit the corporate world to literally seek new shores, departed from Warrenton Marina on the coast of Oregon on April 30 with the goal of sailing across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii. Widger has documented the journey on his Instagram page, Sailing with Phoenix. After less than a month, they completed the journey, with Widger posting several Instagram stories as he approached the coast of Hawaii May 24.

To mark the moment, he shared an Instagram post Saturday of himself posing on his boat. “Dear Corporate America, I won," he said in the caption.

 

[Terpman22]

He and his cat arrived safely in Hawaii.

Man Who Quit Corporate Job to Sail the World With His Cat Arrives in Hawaii

One year after quitting his corporate job, Oliver Widger and his cat, Phoenix, have completed their sailing trip from Oregon to Hawaii.

www.today.com

Widger, who quit the corporate world to literally seek new shores, departed from Warrenton Marina on the coast of Oregon on April 30 with the goal of sailing across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii. Widger has documented the journey on his Instagram page, Sailing with Phoenix. After less than a month, they completed the journey, with Widger posting several Instagram stories as he approached the coast of Hawaii May 24.

To mark the moment, he shared an Instagram post Saturday of himself posing on his boat. “Dear Corporate America, I won," he said in the caption.

Very cool story, happy for him and especially his cat. Was a feel good moment.