Ships Log - Yacht "Sparrow"

If I put the details here I won't lose them... 

So about 33mm, but add 8mm for the blank bit at the start of the ruler, and also add a couple of mil for the reverse coaming on the cockpit sides..  so I need a hinge where the first hole is either over 45mm (so the nut for the through bolt will sit over the lip), or less than 20mm (so the nut will sit in the gulley)...   the hatch cover is 12mm and I don't think there's enough thickness to rely on screws rather than nut/bolt..

Looking at that line of dirt at the bottom - I'd say someone in the past has used gaffer tape as a hinge...

...at bleeding last...

Nothing earth shattering but it was a warm'ish sunny day and with no other jobs planned I got down to the sailing club and started work on some of the list....

First on my list was to strip clean and re-grease the wheels on the tender launching trolley - funnily enough not a job on the list but I knew I would probably have to do it following the make do and mend session [clicky], and a trip down the other week showed the wheels had seized again...  Eventually managed to remove the split pins (which are the work of the devil - I can guarantee you any split pin in a marine/salt environment will be welded into the hole within half an hour of putting it there!) had to drill one side out, removed the washers holding the wheels on, whacked said wheels with a hammer and off they came...  cleaned up, re-greased, and replaced, and they seem a lot better - I think I probably need an alternative to the waterproof grease, which seemed like a good idea, but may be too …