On Friday, March 21, 1913, Potter Realty Co. sold "Bayocean" to the Bayocean Excursion Company, a California-based concern organized by shareholders of the North Pacific Steamship Company. The new owners were seeking vessels to use in connection with the Panama–Pacific International Exposition to be held in San Francisco in 1915. At the time of the sale, "Bayocean" was at the Bayocean resort dock in Tillamook Bay, where the yacht had been wintered since the 1911 summer tourist season. The transfer to California was expected to take place about a month after the sale, or as soon as weather conditions became favorable.