 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kugadzwa kwake kunotevera kwakauya muna 1777, aine chiremera cheHMS Boyne. Akafamba nechikepe naye gore rakatevera kuti abatane neRear-Admiral Samuel Barrington kubva kuWest Indies, uye aivepo pakudzingwa kwaCharles Hector, Count dEstaing kuyedza kutora St Lucia musi wa15 Zvita gore iro. Sawyer akaramba ari muCaribbean, uye akanga aripo paHondo yeGrenada sechikamu cheVice-Admiral John Byrons fleet musi wa6 July 1779. Sawyer akadzokera kuEngland mumatsutso, uye akapiwa hurumende yeHMS Namur muna 1780. Akarayira ngarava yacho muEnglish Channel, uye akanga aripo pakununurwa kweGibraltarmuna April 1781. Akasiya Namur muna December, uye pakazosvika 1783 akanga ari mutungamiriri wevarindi HMS Bombay Castle paPlymouth. 