Elated by a recent record-breaking run, the skipper of the full-rigged clipper ship Atalanta bet two other captains heavy money that he'd arrive in South Africa before they did -- even though they'd be clearing port weeks before he would. Hoping to make up some time, he took a shortcut close by the Oregon Coast ... and lost his bet off Tillicum Beach. (Off Waldport-Yachats, Lincoln County; 1898) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1905a.shipwreck-atalanta-wager-gone-wrong-546.html)