The curse on Stargazer's diesel tank (see Winter Work 1&9) continues. A simple five litre top up turns sour, when the cap retaining wire parts. Its tail, complete with end fitting, dropping down the filler aperture with an ominously echoing 'plop.'
The sound suggesting that the (lower) horizontal leg of the pipe run is full of diesel. Which will complicate its disconnection, to recover the potential engine fuel feed blocker. Fortunately, at the time of the incident, the valve (blue handle, left of picture) which guards the tank itself, was closed.
With a Bank Holiday in prospect, and relaunch season in full swing, help is in short supply. But I suspect that two pairs of hands will be required to: muscle the pipe off; minimise the escape of diesel into Stargazer's bilge; and extract the errant attachment. Several tides may pass before such hands can be enlisted. Enquiries, as they say, are ongoing.
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