Dear Anet,
I have staked in Captain Wiley’s Cove (Gandarran Fields) for the past 5+ hours and, from my understanding, he will keep respawning in his Cove as long as the event is not up in Lake Gendarr. Server reset did not fix the problem. I have tried to intentionally ‘fail’ the stopping the shovelers event to see if that helps. Eventually, some shovelers turned invulnerable and event was put to a halt, disabling progress. I was thinking of getting my precursor collection done today; however, due to this issue, I was not able to.
I hope this problem will be addressed soon. Thank you.