# Captain Fuzzy — The Maid of Sker character guide

> Captain Fuzzy in The Maid of Sker by R. D. Blackmore.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Fuzzy, old Fuzzy, alias Fuzzy

**First appearance:** 0001-the-maid-of-sker

## Snapshot

A smuggler captain and old salt whose alias and easy manner make him a useful, if ambiguous, ally to Davy on the coast.

## Who they are

Captain Fuzzy moves through the coves and sandhills where wreckers, smugglers, and revenue men trade favors and suspicions. He aids Davy in the tangled business of the shore, and his alias suggests a man who has learned to keep his true name, like his cargo, out of sight. His presence keeps the novel's coastal economy of risk and loyalty alive, and his help is the kind a fisherman accepts without asking too many questions.

## In the story

### [A Long Goodbye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_maid_of_sker_se/chapters/xxv-a-long-goodbye)

Captain of the 'Rose of Devon', also known as Bethel Jose, a stone captain Davy ships with.

### [A Fine Spectacle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_maid_of_sker_se/chapters/xxvii-a-fine-spectacle)

Mate on the Rose of Devon; considers going to the fair.

### [XXX: On Duty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_maid_of_sker_se/chapters/xxx-on-duty)

Fuzzy is part of the crew, pretending the ketch is not ready to sail, and Davy suspects he has a dark reason for lingering.

### [The Polite Ferryman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_maid_of_sker_se/chapters/xxxv-the-polite-ferryman)

Mentioned as having shamefully treated Davy.

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