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CLAYMORE MOTORSAILER OWNERS GROUP

Claymore Motorsailer

 

 

About the Claymore

 

 

 

A lovely photo of a Claymore in Scotland

Our Claymore Owner's Group is a not-for-profit group currently consisting of owners, and soon-to-be owners of the venerable Claymore Motorsailer, from around the world. The objective of the Claymore Motorsailer Group is to enhance the pleasure of owning and/or sailing a Claymore. This group provides a forum for owners, and persons interested in motorsailers, to socialize and exchange ideas, maintenance tips, and other information related to the ownership and operation of the Claymore .

A Little History

The Claymore Motorsailer class vessel was originally built at J.Samuel White's shipyard in Cowes, UK, founded in 1881. White's shipyard customarily built very large vessels.  Some great pictures of the shipyard are posted on this website: http://www.invectis.co.uk/iow/gg_is.htm. Claymore's Designer was Alan F. Hill. Claymores were built for a period of about 12 years, @ 1970-1982 (?). Builder: Marine Construction, Ltd. (Marcon), England.The following are the basic construction dimensions as listed in the builders sales brochure: L.O.A. 30', Water line. 24', Beam. 10', Draft. 4' 1", Full Keel, 2-1/2 tons ballast, Displacement. 6.3 tons, Thames Tonnage. 11, Designed sail area for the Ketch rig: Main/Mizzen/Genoa, 466 sq. ft. (43.1 sq. m.)., Designed sail area for the Sloop rig: Main/Genoa, 460 sq. ft. (42.6 sq. m.).

The Claymore Sword The claymore is one of the most recognizable swords in history. A uniquely Scottish hand-and-a-half style of sword, first appearing at the beginning of the sixteenth Century, it is almost certainly a development of the Scots-Irish single hand style of sword. Shorter and lighter, in general, than the continental Two-Hander, the average Claymore ran about 55 inches in over all length, with a 13 inch grip and a 42 inch blade.Fairly uniform in style, the sword was set with a wheel pommel often capped by a crescent shaped nut and a guard with straight, down sloping arms ending in quatrefoils and langets running down the center of the blade from the guard.

Every able bodied man in the Highlands carried arms, as can be attested to by John Hume in the passage below written on his experience as a prisoner after the battle of Falkirk (1746).

Thy [the Highlanders] always appeared like warriors; as if their arms [weapons] had been limbs and members of their bodies they were never seen without them; they travelled, they attended fairs and markets, nay they went to church with their broadswords and dirks.

From what we have seen, all Claymores bear the 'Claymore Sword' motif on the bow.

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