V1 was pulling a wakeboarder heading southeast on south lake conway, approx. 100 ft from shore.  Operator made 3 successful passes from the nela bridge to the east corner of the lake then turned to the port side and doubled back on the same path, reversing direction.  On Operator's last pass he held his course too long, making the turn to port too late.  Once Operator realized he could not turn the steering wheel more that what he had, and was heading directly toward a large dock structure, he shifted the vessel in reverse in an attempt to stop or slow down. This action was not taken soon enough, and the vessel struck the dock, ramping the vessel up onto the dock, striking the roof of the dock with the wakeboard tower, and lodging v1 between the collapsed decking and the roof.  The vessel struck the center support beam upon entry to the dock, breaking the support beam and collapsing approximately 10' of the structure.  Operator dislodged the vessel from teh dock by reversing the engine and then returned to his dock.  V1 susatined damage to wakeboard tower, gelcoat on the hull  and damage to the stabilizer fins.  Mechanics stated the steering appeared fully functional, Operator also state he did not notice any mechanical issues prior to the crash.  The wakeboarder was not injured during the accident
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