In the early Valiant days we lost a few hoses which trailed and then broke off. This was due to the very poor brake system in use at that time which was not sufficiently strong to hold the hose if it trailed too quickly. In one incident the hose fell off close to a Maltese farmer who was most upset, got us an extra 3 days in Luqa for a B of I, lost a trip to Nairobi though. The hose had been trailed over the sea but waited until the approach to Luqa before it fell off.