Well it finally happend. Our club has has an impeccable accident record for haulout and launch for many years. I have been there 13 and never saw an accident other than small bodily injury ones. Thank goodness this one was only property injury. Boats are lifted with a boom crane and a frame with slings. The dropped boat was a Hunter 280- my neighbour on the docks. Apparently what happened was that when the boat stopped over the cradle, it teetered toward the stern and the forward strap slipped out, We regularily tie straps when lifting full keel boats like Contessa 26s etc but for fin type keels it wasnt the practice. I saw the boat come out of the water and my son-in-law with me observed that it looked stern heavy. When I looked at the boat afterward, the aft sling marks appear to be a long ways forward- maybe so far that the engine is behind the aft sling. This would help create a stern heavy situation of course. Anyway the boat is heavily damaged - sorry I do not have pictures- with the bow crunched and accordioned back about 2 ft. Not bad thought for a 10 foot drop. Hole was punched in the side by a cradle next to the one it was going in, the cradle post was bent and the weld torn off and the pad demolished. The hole is not right through the hull. Not something I want to see again