I believe that HE believes it was the skeg. If the skeg gives that much steering control to the boat, wouldn't you notice that you have lost some steering control earlier? It happened, according to him, when he hit the wake of a boat that he was trying to pass. Wouldn't it be logical that his speed and angle of approach to the wake probably have more to do with the front of the boat dipping and losing control? Once the front of the boat drops, you are no longer running on pad and the skeg should come into less of play at that point and the drag from the boat along with the wake from the boat will change your course angle.

You make an excellent point Bobby and I agree that hitting that wake at a certain angle would cause bow hook but what if the missing skeg wouldn't let him make a last minute adjustment to the wake. My biggest objection is none of us on here were there and yet some on here won't give the man the benefit of the doubt of his explanation and basically are calling him a liar. Some because they flat don't like him for whatever reason and prefer to blame him instead of the skeg despite some of the post that do acknowledge the importance of the skeg in steering. Alton doesn't have a history of boating accidents that I'm aware of and one Marshall that has ridden with him vouched for his safety and driving ability. I don't know the man well enough to call him a liar or believe he's a careless driver so unless we hear from a witness who saw what happened I will take his word for what happened. You can certainly have an opinion but that's a far cry from the truth.

� When I hit his wake, my nose dipped and the boat spun 90 degrees and went into the woods.�

That's called a nose or bow hook. It was caused by hitting another boat's wake at the wrong angle and at too high a speed, which caused the bow of the boat to drop coming off the other boat's wake. BS on Alton's explanation.

OK Alton...

I've always heard those skeeters could get up in the real skinny stuff, but dang...

What happened to Alton Jones?

I think it�s been mentioned once or twice already, I�m glad Alton and his Marshall are both ok....
I bet Alton has more seat time then most of us, he can pilot that Skeeter better than any of us I�m sure.

No one called the man a liar.