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.