Originally Named Turmoil and was built for Gary Comer the founder of Lands End, a mail order clothing retailer. The company started as a supplier of sailing equipment. Lands End soon expanded into general clothing and home furnishing. The company grew rapidly and was sold to Sears in 2002 for USD 2 billion. Gary Comer died in 2006 of prostate cancer, just a few months after his yacht Turmoil was delivered. Comer had owned several other yachts, all named Turmoil.