I haven’t used one of the dewalt ones, but I assume it’s not an all-or-nothing power delivery. I would assume that, like your Makita, it’s up to the operator how much power to apply with trigger.
Sadly no old winches.
I wouldn't like my safety to rely on precisely and accurately squeezing a trigger whilst bouncing about happily on the sea...
The op does not own such a drill! I will need to check what the torque rating is on the drill that lives aboard and the chuck size as it’s a beefy adaptor. The pictures always show them with a bog standard drill.
Of course - they want to sell adapters! But previous discussions have all stated that an ordinary cordless drill is not up to the job on both ergonomic and torque fronts. and have usually settled on a Milwaukee right-angled drive drill.
All the big boys sell a suitable right angle drill now, Milwaukee were the first, could still be the best I don’t know. The issue is kickback. If you put the rope in the self tailer, you might easily damage the gear on the boat. If you don’t, then you need someone to tail for you, as the drill will be uncontrollable one handed, the trigger is in the wrong place, right up the business end, not where you need to hold it to resist the torque. Clutch wise, what we have found is that setting a toque that eliminated kickback will not winch the sheet in anything over about 8kn of wind. On our boat the weight of the mainsail means it won’t hoist either, ok maybe on low gear…. That takes bloomin ages
So my take on drills for winching, they are of limited use. We do a lot of winching, our outrigger folding is all winched too, we do that every time we sail, before anything else. We do still use the drill, it’s probably less tiring, but not good enough to be considered a proper solution. I plan on getting a mate to bring me the Andersen electric conversion kit for one of my winches from USA where the price is comprehensible. The foot pedal switch leaves both hands free for tailing, boat clutches, giving hand signals to passing jet skis etc.
dunedin is way ahead of you!
Almost certainly a better bet for most people. The power button is in the right place for a start.
That’s the way I see it. A right angled drill is a very useful thing to have on a boat. I’ve got an ancient Makita corded one, wonderful tool.
My right angle drill might be suitable for RMS Titanic. A little 12v job would be ample for any drilling on board Chiara, or my XOD.
Sprayhoods can be the work of the devil. If the person winching cannot stand upright & get their weight over the winch to apply optimum pressure then it can lead to strains. Lower the spray hood & leave it down. If you want to go camping, get a campervan instead.
Ah now we see why you didn't like Scotland ;-)
Where did you get that from? As a child I lived on the borders for a while & my Grandfather came from Scotland. I never said I do not like Scotland.
You repeatedly say that one heather covered rock is the same as the others, and grumbled about lack of pontoon facilities on your trips North!
Well it keeps the rain and windchill off the front of the cockpit quite effectively - we originally assumed we would benefit from a pilothouse in light of our weather, but have found that the sprayhood is not bad as a substitute. The difference in forward visibility under sail isn't massive because theres a life raft and genoa in the way anyway.