The May 13 launch was rescheduled to May 27, 1911, at 1:30 pm. The programme for the event promised speeches by Portland Mayor Simon and harbormaster Speier. Launch did come, on the afternoon of May 27, 1911, when, at a few minutes after 3:00 pm, Bayocean was launched into the water "with the ease and grace of a duck." A bottle of champagne had been tied to blue and white silk streamers, and when five-year-old Elizabeth Potter let go off the streamers, the bottle crashed directly on to the bow of Bayocean, breaking into dozens of pieces. Joseph Supple gave the command "Cut the line", and the yacht slid into the river.
