A sailor was crushed to death under his own boat while he was painting its hull, an inquest heard.
Kevin Keeler, 56, was beneath the 29ft yacht at Weymouth Sailing Club in Dorset when a metal support it was resting on gave way, causing it to fall on him.
He sustained 'devastating' injuries from the half-a-ton vessel including multiple broken ribs and a fractured spine and sternum.
Stunned witnesses rushed to help but he passed out before paramedics arrived.
He was given CPR but could not be revived and was pronounced dead at the scene at Weymouth Sailing Club in Dorset.
Kevin Keeler, 56, pictured with partner Tatiana Saltykova, died after being crushed beneath his half-ton yacht while painting its hull
The 29ft vessel, pictured at Weymouth Sailing Club in Weymouth, Dorset, came off its cradle frame after Mr Keeler adjusted the support props to make it easier to paint, an inquest heard
The yacht, a Westerly GK29 called the Ginny Kwik, was bought by the couple in 2017 and they had sailed it previously in Weymouth Bay and the Solent
The inquest heard that Mr Keeler joined the club with his partner Tatiana Saltykova in the summer of 2017.
They bought the Westerly GK29 yacht, called the Ginny Kwik, together that Christmas and sailed it several times in the Solent and at Weymouth Bay.
It was lifted out of the water last March for two weeks of regular maintenance work.
Since Mr Keeler didn't own a cradle, a frame which holds the yacht in place, he borrowed one off fellow sailor Paul Elsom, a former welder who had built his own one and used it for 20 years.
Mr Keeler, an electronics engineer and company director, made it unstable after he lowered one of the cradle's supporting props to allow him to paint the bottom of the hull.
Witness Frederick Raynor was sat on a nearby slipway with his father when he heard a 'loud crash'.
Pictured is one of the support props that buckled after they were incorrectly lowered
Emergency services rushed to the scene, pictured, but Mr Keeler's injuries were 'devastating' and he was pronounced dead by paramedics
He said: 'My father and I were sat on the slipway drying our socks after
