I have a 2014 13' Revolution, and have 16" YakAttack GT 1.75 gear tracks mounted on the gunwales in front of the pockets. They're hideously expensive, but I've been real happy with them for the following reasons:
1. You can mount them from the outside of the kayak with screws. Before you decide to mount a gear track or any other gear on the gunwale of a kayak, reach inside the gunwale and feel the area where you are thinking of mounting the gear. Determine the shape of the area, and whether there are any obstructions. Revolutions have narrow gunwales, and the area inside the gunwales is narrow and arched. The problem with bolting gear to the gunwale of a Revolution is that unless you manage to get the holes perfectly centered on the arch, which is quite difficult to do unless you drill guide holes from the inside of the gunwale, nuts and washers will be sitting on an angled area of plastic and hitting the plastic only on one corner. A backing bar will end up hitting plastic only at the right front and left rear corner, or left front and right rear corner. But this doesn't matter if you mount a GT1.75 track from the outside with screws. Just position the track on the gunwale where as few holes as possible are positioned over one of the notches in the inside of the gunwale created by the foot-brace ledges, drill two screw holes and screw down the gear track, and then drill the rest of the holes and put in the rest of the screws. it's quick and easy, and you don't have to reach way up inside the gunwale to tighten nuts. On my 13' Revolution, only two of the holes on my 16" GT1.75 tracks are positioned over air. That means that there are 14 screws holding down the gear track, which is plenty. I do a lot of trolling with rod holders mounted on my GT1.75 tracks, and haven't had any problem with the tracks. However, I don't use extenders which raise up my rod holders, because that increases the leverage on the gear tracks.
2. Due to their width, they do a good job of resisting the leverage of trolling rods. If you mount a narrow gear track on a gunwale, all the leverage placed on the hull of your kayak by trolling rods is between the nut in the center of the gear track and the edge of the gear track, which is a fraction of an inch. That is a lot of leverage. With the GT1.75 gear tracks, the leverage is between the screws on one side of the track and the opposite edge of the gear track, which is a considerably greater distance.
Shown below is a picture showing the gear tracks on my Revolution, and showing how I used to move the base for my Humminbird fish finder to a section of gear track in the cockpit when transporting the kayak. Now I have a section of gear track mounted inside the front hatch, and I move the base for my fish finder inside the hatch when transporting the kayak or using the kayak when I'm not fishing. I installed a new through-the-hull wiring grommet at the front of the cockpit, halfway between the place on the stern end of the gear track where I position my fish finder base and the gear track inside the front hatch.
The reason I do this is that the cables on my Humminbird fish finder are permanently attached to the base of the fish finder. If I had a fish finder on which the cables to the fish finder and its base could be easily disconnected, such as with the Lowrance Elite fish finders, I could just disconnect the cables, put the fish finder and its base inside my vehicle, and stuff the ends of the cables into the mesh pocket.
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