Stealth or Fish N Dive?

[lowprofile]

6'6" and 245 here and the X-Factor is pretty awesome. the stealth is pretty much the same thing just has different compartments and if you dont plumb the bait well its just as easy to add one to the rear of the X.

[RK]

stealth built in bait tank low center of gravity tracks like shit and just as slow as a fish and dive

[Aaron&Julie]

We still like our Fish n' Dives, because of their payload rated at 600lbs. Don't know about the other 'yaks payloads, but we figure that some of our trips with our body weight, gear weight, and catch weight, I've been close to 350lbs on 2 occasions, and her total payload has been close to 300lbs on 3 occasions. So we're still sitting comfortably high on the water.
Another feature, we think is the stability, but you do sacrifice some speed. It does give you confidence to have the stability, if you're not experienced and somewhat leary about being on the wide big ocean.
And there's lots of hatch space below for storing rods, fish, and accessories, which may be necessary if the surf is decent size when you land.
That being said, we will probably get peddlers when we turn 60. They look like they cover a lot of ground without much effort. We do know people rave about them, and we've seen people zip by pretty quickly.