At speed that skeg does little to nothing to help you steer. I knocked 3/4 of one of on a pipe at Choke Canyon. I drove it that way for weeks until I could get it repaired and never noticed any difference at all. It's there to protect the prop. Some people run em broke smooth off.

My skeg has been missing 1/4 of it for years and haven't had any issues.

Oh you're saying he's lying alright, you just said " it had nothing to do with it". You weren't there and yet you say it was "operator error". What an ignorant comment from someone who wasn't even there, doesn't know the "operator" or the conditions when the accident happen. Geez.

He likely was trying to follow another competitor to their "area"

#falsewitness

This was copied off Gator Guard's website. Apparently they disagree with you but I'm sure you know better.

What is the purpose of a skeg? The skeg of your outboard or stern drive motor serves two highly important functions. The skeg acts as a precise rudder, allowing the motor to turn your boat accurately and safely. This function is especially needed by high performance boats such as bass boats where on plane the skeg plays a critical role in steering. The steering torque that builds without a functional skeg can be extremely dangerous to control the boat�s direction in a safe manner.

I have been skegless many times and not having one would not cause u to bow hook, sounds like Mr.Potlicker was running late and was driving a little to fast over some boat wake

I'm just giving you my hands on practical experience in a boat that ran 78 mph. Not some [censored] from a website that sells skeg guards. I get it, the Alton love is strong here. I have never met the man. I'm just telling you the power of propulsion far outweighs that little skeg.

It ain't that strong. .....

I know him and his family personally as well.... bunch of hypocrites.

all I will say is that I have a 2017 zx250 with a patched skeg from a rear end collision and it chine walks all over the place. the new lower unit housing is on order. Never thought a skeg with a little to much bow in it would make a big difference but it does. So hard to imagine how it would be without one on a high performance boat.

I think that's called speculation Jake. You must know Alton very well to speculate what happened and call him names. I never met the man and would never judge him on hearsay.

then there is that other thing you could possibly slow down. he was very fortunate that they were not seriously hurt or more damage was done. at some point bass will have to pay the marshals to ride with these professional fishermen.

Sounds like a bow hook after going over other boats wake. But i guess we will never know. I wasnt there.

Nobody knows except him and his marshal. All these dbags saying it was his fault have no clue.