I have bent my skeg twice and onemorecast just recently put a stainless skegguard on it. It looks good and the boat drives a whole lot better with a straight one compared to a bent one.

The skeggaurd that I have on, has screws that are made to break on hard impact to keep you from doing any damage to the lower unit and it comes with extra screws to keep with you just in case.

For someone with my track record, it is definately worth the money.