[FISH11]

You won't need any pontoons with the X Factor it is a Fish and Dive model. It has a weight capacity of 600 pound, has 3 different hatches. The front is a large one, you could put you fishing poles inside for surf launching if you need (good idea when still learning how to launch and land through the surf). The other 2 are rectangular and have removable lids that latch with 4 rotating handles to secure them. The hull bottom has a camber to the edge that makes it more stable and less prone to rolling over. It is 33" wide and 14' 4" long. If you look at a lot of the pictures on this site from a few years back, most of the guys catching Yellowtail and White Sea Bass and riding an X Factor. It would be more Kayak than you could expect to start out with. Good Luck P.S. you could carry it on top of your car, just look at the listing for guys carrying a Hobie PA on top. You will see a lot. Those thing weigh 120+ pounds and the X Factor is like 64 pounds.