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Pearl Marvell
Building a better and faster Bella Mente

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.

Building a better and faster Bella Mente
Pearl Marvell
Scaling Up Production for REGENT

REGENT’s passenger-carrying Viceroy was unveiled on April 14th in Quonset, Rhode Island. The vessel was built by the Moore Brothers Company over four months.

Scaling Up Production for REGENT

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Moore Brothers Company and Ocean State Composites join forces to get the job done

Moore Brothers Company and Ocean State Composites join forces to get the job done

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.  

Moore Brothers Company aims to do more aerospace prototyping

Moore Brothers Company aims to do more aerospace prototyping

Not everyone can immediately see the similarities between the aerospace industry and the world of sailboat racing, but there are more than one might think.

“The marine industry and the America’s Cup do some interesting things and they are able to execute composites at a very rapid pace.” Says Oliver Moore, co-owner and co-founder of Moore Brothers Company.  Which, according to the Moore Brother’s experience, is something that the aerospace industry is also interested in doing. 

Moore Brothers Co. Featured in Seahorse Magazine

Moore Brothers Co. Featured in Seahorse Magazine

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.