The husband of missing American boater Lynette Hooker told a pal that the wind blew him away from his missing wife after news of her apparent overboard in the Bahamas started to spread, Facebook messages reveal.

“The wind blew me away from her and she swam towards the sailboat, and we lost sight of each other pretty quickly as it was just about sundown,” Brian told family friend and fellow boater Daniel Danforth in the message, seen by CBS which was sent Monday – two days after Lynette’s disappearance.

Brian, 59, made the claim after Danforth reached out when he watched an ABC World News report about the Michigan mom’s disappearance.

But the narrative puts him at odds with law enforcement, who said Lynette was swept away by strong currents while trying to return to the couple’s yacht Soulmate.

Brian and Lynette Hooker on a boat.
Brian Hooker with his wife Lynette.Facebook / Lynette Hooker

Lynette, 55, fell into the water Saturday night with the dinghy’s key, forcing its engine to be cut off, and Brian told Danforth he “drifted and tried to paddle with one oar for the next 7 hours until I washed up behind the shore of the next island over.”