Monkey Business (yacht)

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Monkey Business is a palatial yacht credited for sinking former Colorado, USA senator Gary Hart's campaign for President of the United States in 1988. After suspicion of Hart cheating on his wife, reporters for the Miami Herald, in a controversial move, staked out Hart's townhouse around the clock, and finally spotted the Senator with Miami model Donna Rice. The ensuing report sent the media into frenzy, and within days photos of Hart and Rice on the opulent yacht were flooding international media, and consequently his shot at the presidency had sunk.

"Monkey Business" became an internationally-known household name, largely because Hart was depicted wearing a now-infamous "Monkey Business" t-shirt. The yacht, known for its impeccably designed interior, was frequently docked in South Florida at the Turnberry Isle Resort Marina. Monkey Business was an 83-foot Hatteras motor yacht custom bult and owned by the developers of the luxury resort. The owner-of-record, Eddie Lewis, was in the process of selling it at the time and later replaced it with a larger boat of the same name.

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• Gary Hart and Donna Rice – 1987. Washington Post. Retrieved on November 22, 2006.