# Sandy Macraw — The Maid of Sker character guide

> Sandy Macraw in The Maid of Sker by R. D. Blackmore.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Sandy, Mr. Macraw, Macraw, old Sandy, Alexander Macraw

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

## Snapshot

A Scottish sailor whose pitying, contemptuous gaze can unsettle even a man who thought he knew every sort of weather.

## Who they are

Sandy Macraw is a seafaring companion of Davy Llewellyn, a man whose past gives his silent judgements unusual force. When he fixes Davy with a gaze of pity mingled with contempt, the narrator finds himself all abroad about everything, unable to read what the Scot knows or means. His presence shadows the story's middle stretch, a reminder that the sea and its men carry histories that landbound folk cannot guess.

## In the story

### [V: A Little Orphan Mermaid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_maid_of_sker_se/chapters/v-a-little-orphan-mermaid)

Mentioned as an envious coastguard who poaches on Davy's fishing rights and had set up a boat to rival him.

### [Boat Versus Bardie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_maid_of_sker_se/chapters/vii-boat-versus-bardie)

Mentioned as someone with sharp eyes; Davy hides the boat to avoid detection.

### [Under the Rock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_maid_of_sker_se/chapters/x-under-the-rock)

Mentioned as having witnessed the boats' destruction from Porthcawl Point through a telescope.

### [XVI: Truth Lies Sometimes in a Well](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_maid_of_sker_se/chapters/xvi-truth-lies-sometimes-in-a-well)

Sandy Macraw is referenced as the Scottish fisherman to whom Hezekiah gave a turbot order, causing Davy's resentment.

### [XIX: A Craft Beyond the Law](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_maid_of_sker_se/chapters/xix-a-craft-beyond-the-law)

Takes the money from Davy and speaks in a drawl; Davy holds him in contempt but tolerates him.

### [Another Disappointment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_maid_of_sker_se/chapters/xxii-another-disappointment)

Mentioned as a Scotchman who provided information to the justices about the shipwreck.

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

Mentioned as the extortionate fisherman left behind to create a monopoly.

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