I have used both planer boards. Inlines are good for small boats. Where there is only 2-3 guys. They don't run very well in ruff waters. You fight the board and fish when reeling in. I personally think there slower to deploy lines. Now big boards. Need room for hardware to run them, and storage. They can be ran In pretty ruff waters. Run a lot more lines per side. Faster deploying lines. Not fighting anything but fish when reeling in. Just my opinion.