Ok, well….here’s my solution. I use the one (and only) paddle holder on the right side to carry my stake-out pole. I installed a YakAttack GT175G2-16 GearTrac (16”) on the forward gunwale and a GT175G2-04 GearTrac (4”) on the gunwale immediately behind the seat, then attached two YakAttack RotoGrip Paddle Holders to the GearTrac’s.
I’d considered using the Hobie H-Rail but there were a couple of problems. The gunwale behind the seat is so small that the 9” H-Rail would need to be trimmed to the point that the H-Rail Mighty Mount might no longer fit on the H-Rail. A solution might be to mount both fore and aft H-Rails off the gunwale at an angle. However, I store my Revo on my garage wall. (Not a Hobie recommended way to store your kayak but, it fits the space I have available). Any H-Rail installed either on the gunwale or at an angle would require a different storage method. The GearTrac is flush and allows me to remove anything attached to it before hanging the kayak on the wall. And of course, I have to reinstall any attachments when I take it fishing.
Okay, so for $85 plus shipping, I now have the same functionality with the 2016 Revo that the 2013 Revo has. This is my third Hobie and it probably won’t be my last. However, I’m really disappointed Hobie didn’t provide a better solution which included retention of the second paddle mount when they designed the Revo seat upgrade.
Many thanks to pmpete for his detailed instructions on installing the GT175!
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