Traveled by GIWW from Panama City to Mobile over the last three days and saw no sign of any oil. Besides the large force of boats and booms at the ready in Panama City, we saw no booms until we got to the eastern end of Big Lagoon in Pensacola. The boom there, as in several other places, was in the water and doubled back along itself and anchored in readiness to be pulled across the GIWW. We saw a tug with two barges full of oil spill containment equipment anchored about midway down Big Lagoon. We next saw oil booms ready to spread across the various canal openings on the private Ono Island where we spent the night. Next place we saw a partially deployed boom was at the narrows of the GIWW just west of Bear Point Marina, orange Beach, AL. We saw other booms in readiness at several other bayou mouths. Just before we left the GIWW and entered Mobile Bay, the were several tugs and barges with oil spill equipment moored alongside the waterway. Mobile Bay cannot be defended from a spreading spill, but there is no oil in it now. We saw a number of large skiffs with what were obviously oil spill workers in them cruising around. These are probably the boom tenders which will deploy the booms on a moment's notice. Rich Gano CALYPSO (GB-42 #295) Southport, FL (near Panama City)