Can it be saved or is it headed for the skip?

[Refueler]

Or is that Practical Bodge Owner

Bodge is a bit of a poor word to use in this context .... bodge is usually a word associated with using unsuitable item to solve instead of correct - as in example ... twiddling a couple of wires together as a 'bodge' to get home instead of a proper connector etc.

Anyway see my previous earlier post

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Bodge is a bit of a poor word to use in this context .... bodge is usually a word associated with using unsuitable item to solve instead of correct - as in example ... twiddling a couple of wires together as a 'bodge' to get home instead of a proper connector etc.

Anyway see my previous earlier post

Actually, bodging is the use of a primitive lathe to rough out chair legs etc. in woodland! See Bodging - Wikipedia

 

[Stemar]

Actually, bodging is the use of a primitive lathe to rough out chair legs etc. in woodland! See Bodging - Wikipedia

And, in fact, a highly skilled occupation.

 

[Hermit]

It is either a fender or a step - can't be both. Always thought they were stupid things.

This is much, much better and will last forever.

Waveline Pontoon Ladder 2 Step (90 & 245mm)

 

[Stemar]

I got a friend who was starting to struggle with his fender step one of these

BEKVÄM step stool, acacia, 50 cm - IKEA

At £19, it's a bit cheaper than the Waveline offering, so may appeal to the OP

 

[Sandro]

QUOTE AntarcticPilot
Actually, bodging is the use of a primitive lathe to rough out chair legs etc. in woodland! See Bodging - Wikipedia QUOTE

English not being my mother language, I considered "bodge", "bodger" having only a negative meaning. Now I know better.

There is a very curious coincidence: in the Lombardia dialect the term "cadregàt" (chair maker) is used to despise or offend a man that is bad in his trade or just "bodges" jobs.
"Cadregàt" is also the itinerant kraftsman who renews the woven hay seat of wooden chairs

Who knows why a trade that indoubtedly requires skills is equally despised so many miles away?

 

[AntarcticPilot]

QUOTE AntarcticPilot
Actually, bodging is the use of a primitive lathe to rough out chair legs etc. in woodland! See Bodging - Wikipedia QUOTE

English not being my mother language, I considered "bodge", "bodger" having only a negative meaning. Now I know better.

There is a very curious coincidence: in the Lombardia dialect the term "cadregàt" (chair maker) is used to despise or offend a man that is bad in his trade or just "bodges" jobs.
"Cadregàt" is also the itinerant kraftsman who renews the woven hay seat of wooden chairs

Who knows why a trade that indoubtedly requires skills is equally despised so many miles away?

That's interesting! As @Stemar said,in fact bodging was a highly skilled trade - a skilled bodger could turn out a gross (144) chair legs and associated stretchers a day!

 

[Stemar]

QUOTE AntarcticPilot
Actually, bodging is the use of a primitive lathe to rough out chair legs etc. in woodland! See Bodging - Wikipedia QUOTE

English not being my mother language, I considered "bodge", "bodger" having only a negative meaning. Now I know better.

There is a very curious coincidence: in the Lombardia dialect the term "cadregàt" (chair maker) is used to despise or offend a man that is bad in his trade or just "bodges" jobs.
"Cadregàt" is also the itinerant kraftsman who renews the woven hay seat of wooden chairs

Who knows why a trade that indoubtedly requires skills is equally despised so many miles away?

Maybe a comparison between, in the UK, Chippendale and the like, and the bodgers working in the woods. I'm sure other countries have their equivalents

 

[Bilgediver]

I think probably the latter sadly!
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Just tfix your rope loops below the top rung!

 

[MagicalArmchair]

Thank you all, I appreciate all the cunning fix ideas, the comments on the reason for failure and, of course, the interesting linguistic drifts. My inclination to always try and fix is based primarily on my hate of skipping stuff from a planetary perspective, however, given the other many exciting jobs we have this winter to undertake, I think I need to accept defeat on this one and get it gone before I lose a crew member .

We already have a step affair on the pontoon, this acts as a second step for those of my crew with much smaller legs.

Thanks again all.

 

[MontyMariner]

Thank you all

I sent you a PM a few weeks ago, did you get it?

 

[ashtead]

Turn it on its side and attach to the pontoon with screws where the bow of the boat will hit the pontoon with webbing straps might be a use for it in present state or on end corner of pontoon -with the other side cut it might be bent round a corner?

 

[MagicalArmchair]

I sent you a PM a few weeks ago, did you get it?

Thanks Monty, I certainly did. Apologies, it's all been rather manic as always!

Turn it on its side and attach to the pontoon with screws where the bow of the boat will hit the pontoon with webbing straps might be a use for it in present state or on end corner of pontoon -with the other side cut it might be bent round a corner?

What a great recycling idea, it'll be a challenge to get it looking nice and neat, but it will certainly provide some protection to the bow coming into the berth if the propeller falls off (....again...).

 

[PaulRainbow]

With the hole in it it's not much use as a fender.

 

[veshengro]

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