An Broward Marine motor yacht,
Monkey Business was custom built for the Turnberry Isle Resort. The hull was made from
aluminum; cabins had
rosewood paneling and amenities included a
hot tub and full bar.
Gary Hart incident In March 1987, at which time it was owned by developers
Donald Soffer and
Eddie Lewis, the yacht was rented by William C. Broadhurst, a Louisiana lawyer and lobbyist. Together with former
US senator Gary Hart, Broadhurst sailed it to
Bimini for an overnight trip with two women, one of whom was
Donna Rice. After Hart
became a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the
1988 election for President of the United States, the issue of whether he was having an affair with Rice was raised in the press. As rumors began circulating about the supposed extramarital affairs, Hart challenged the media. He told
The New York Times in an interview published on May 3, 1987, "They should follow me around... They'll be very bored." As the NBC anchor
John Chancellor explained a few days later, "We did. We weren't." On May 8, 1987, five days after issuing his challenge, the Colorado senator withdrew as a candidate after the cruise on
Monkey Business became known. On Sunday, May 3,
The Miami Herald published a major story with the headline, "Miami Woman Is Linked to Hart". A few weeks later, a picture appeared in the
National Enquirer, and then in hundreds of newspapers worldwide, showing Donna Rice sitting in Hart's lap with Hart in a
Monkey Business T-shirt. ==In popular culture==