 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kugadzwa kwake kunotevera kwakauya muna 1777, aine chiremera cheHMS Boyne. Akafamba nechikepe naye gore rakatevera racho kuti abatane naRear-Admiral Samuel Barrington kuWest Indies, uye akanga aripo pakudzingwa kwaCharles Hector, Count dEstaings kuedza kutoraSt. Lucia musi wa15 December wegore iroro. 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. Iye akarayira iye muEnglish Channel, uye akanga aripo pakusunungurwa kweGibraltar muna April 1781. Akasiya Namur muna December, uye pakazosvika 1783 akanga ari mutungamiriri wevarindi HMS Bombay Castle paPlymouth. 