NARROWCRAFT
LTD
The Marina,
Alvecote,
B78 1AS 01827
898585
Malcolm Burge
Malcolm has been on the canal since 1965. In the late 70’s and early 80’s spent all his free time traveling the system on ‘Olympian’ with his family and the Pinnocks who had ‘Elder’
During this period he
had time also to set up Captain Cargo Ltd which was a nationwide parcel carrier. The company also operated a
fleet of Working Narrowboats. Malcolm’s collection of boats include ANTARTIC
the oldest surviving ice boat from 1830 ish, AUSTRALIA the first Iron Composite
‘Josher’ and LINDA the first FMC Diesel powered boat made famous when the Queen
Mother opened the Stratford Canal in 1964. The
boats became the South Midland Water Transport fleet when Captain Cargo
went public and was subsequently sold. After a few years of Canal Carrying
fulltime Malcolm set about constructing Alvecote Marina and developing
Narrowcraft
Andrew Davies
Andrew has been on the canal all his life from
the outings on the family boat to building his own boats. He started at Narrowcraft
as a part-time job whilst at school and now has over 20 years service. He has
been an essential part of all its development over this period. He personally
oversees each boat we commission and manages the operation at Alvecote.
Andrew Burge
Malcolm’s son who has been boating all his life and is the Company
Secretary. He has been Chairman of the Commercial Boat Operators Association
since 1998.
Our engineer Lawrence again has been on the cut
for over 10 years. He started turning around hire boats form Bridgewater Boats
then went to College to study engineering. Joined Narrowcraft after a spell
with South Midland Water Transport.
Michael Cull
Michael looks after the dry dock and as well as
being a ‘coded’ welder and has built many Narrowboats on his own.
Leih Machant
Came visiting the marina with his parents and
could not understand the attraction after descending Atherstone Locks. He was
duly sent on the Jam ‘Ole run with the work boats and now is our Wharf
Operative and Boat Deliverer.