The 'Mayflower' schooner was 147 feet long and weighed 190 tons. Built in Gloucester Massachusetts it was built to compete in the "Bluenose" races. She was the the first ship Saba born Charles Reuben Simmons sailed on as Captain, from 1928 to 1930. Simmons once carried 460 passengers from Dominica and St.Lucia with this schooner and was promptly fined on arrival for carrying too many passengers!

Other ships on which he sailed were the 'Sea Breeze' and the 'Steadfast.' He was also First Mate on the four masted schooner the 'T.N.Barnsdell', under the command of legendary Captain Ernest Alfred Johnson.

Between 1940 and 1944 he was a pilot on the rivers in Demerara.

From the writings of Mr. William Johnson