It would be hard to find someone in the world of sailboat racing that isn’t familiar with Bella Mente and her team’s impressive track record.
In just six years, MBC has grown from a small operation working out of a garage to a full-fledged production line on Franklin Street. Recently, Moore Brothers Company started work on the large-scale REGENT project, which will deliver multiple sea-going, all-electric, passenger-carrying, wing-in-ground-effect vehicles to service coastal routes around the world. To get here, though, Moore Brothers Company needed to join forces with another skillful and experienced company. That company is Ocean State Composites.
Meeting deadlines is important in any business, but it seems particularly so when it comes to creating composite parts. Especially when the parts are needed in order for a 70-foot trimaran to compete in the Nassau Cup Ocean Race in less than three months.
There’s a long-standing tradition in Bristol, RI, of building both boats and their high-tech equipment right—and right at the leading edge of technology. Today, the Moore Brothers Company is carrying that heritage forward by creating bespoke composites, all built on site by a handpicked staff from the highest echelons of grand prix sailing that’s more than doubled in number since 2020.
