From my experience it depends on the boat.. inlines are the way to go on my 18ft Lund. Trying to set lines and keeping a straight line with a mast on the bow was a pain with boards and otterboats,between setting rods,steering and clipping to the planer line was a tricky. On my 26ft penn yan the boats heavy enough it doesn't get pulled around like my Lund so it makes it a whole lot more relaxed when setting otterboats and boards.