Surf Launch/Horizontal Rod Storage

I have a 2015 Hobie Revo 13.  I am trying to figure out a way to store my fishing rods horizontally for surf launches and landings.  I've Hulied once and I'm sure it'll happen again.  I don't want to break my rods.  I've stuffed the butt of the rods under the seat and had the rod tips on each side of the front hatch.  This worked ok, but left the rod tips unprotected.  I saw that Hobie makes a horizontal rod holder.  Does anyone have experience with this?   
Thanks

I don't have the hobie rack but do store my rods horizontally.  A picture is worth a thousand words..........

If your Revo doesn't have foam blocks on either side of the drive well, you can slip pretty much any two piece rod, or most other rods in from the front hatch.  Once you are out past the breakers and have the balance it's pretty easy to pull the rods back out and put in a rod holder and go fishing.

If the water is a bit sporty, you will probably be fishing with a buddy anyways, and they come in handy to either retrieve the rod(s) for you, or just stabilize the kayak while you scoot forward to retrieve them yourself.  Same with coming back to the surf zone on your way in.  Repack your gear into the hull before going through, and crash as needed without worry of damaging your fishing rod. 

Now if you feel you are not able to stow your rods this way, there is another option that I used to do before I figured out the interior storage method.  This is also only recommended if your reel ISN'T bolted onto the rod, or easily removed from the rod. 

What you do is while at the truck/camp/home, is to tie a pretty generous overhand loop knot on the end of your mainline.  This will be needed later to loop over your reels cleat once the reel is removed from the rod.

Now take some heavy mono (30-50# is good as it doesn't get all kinked and knotted later) and tie a small snap swivel onto the heavy mono.  Small as in small enough that it can go through ALL of your rod guides.   Clip this to the overhand loop knot that is just waiting anxiously on your mainline.  Now, reel in until the snap swivel emerges from the eye closest to your reel.  Now, clip the heavy mono from the spool and tie an overhand loop knot on the mono where it will be able to attach to the snap swivel.  Unsnap the swivel from your mainline loop, and attach it to your heavy chaser mono line. Remove the reel and loop the mainline overhand knot loop over the reel cleat and store the reel inside the hull in a bag or something.   This will keep any surf zone salt/sand from getting into your reel and jacking it up.   

Now you can bungee your reel free rod onto your kayak.  Tuck the rod butt under your rear bungees along one side and have the rod lay to the side of the seat, were you can bungee the narrower end of the rod in place with a paddle keeper.  Not sure if the 2015 Revo's only have one paddle keeper or not, regardless you should still be able to secure the rod in the keeper with or without the paddle there, too. 

The beauty of this chaser mono on your rod is that once you are out on the water, you can put the reel back on the rod, and reconnect the mainline to the snap swivel and restring the whole rod really quick by pulling the chaser swivel through the eyes and back down towards your reel.   Just wrap this heavy mono up around 3-4 fingers and tuck into a small baggy and into your PFD or drybag for use when you come back to the surf zone.

In words it sounds like a lot to do, but it is actually a lot quicker than trying to rethread your rod while bobbing around out there. 

The way I prefer to do it my sea kayak is to tie some pipe insulation near the bow. I simply place the rod tip through the insulation and then tie down the butt end. Works in rivers and surf launches. I still don't get why some people insist on surf launching with their gear sticking 7 feet in the air but it's their money not mine.

I have added the tip portion of the Hobie horizontal rod holder to the nose of my 13' Revolution.  Installing this tip holder is an easy and quick project.  I usually use 6.5' rods when fishing from a kayak, and rods of this length can be held down quite securely with one of the paddle holders which come with the Revolution, so I haven't had to install  the strap-down portion of the Hobie horizontal rod holder on my kayak.  With the right kind of reels, I can hold two rods in a single tip protector and a single paddle holder.  You can't carry a rod on the same side as you carry your paddle,  so mount the rod tip holder on the opposite side from where you prefer to carry your paddle.

I don't have a picture of a rod or rods strapped down in a paddle holder, but here's a picture of the rod tip holder.  When this tip holder is installed it doesn't get in the way at all.  You can forget that it's on your kayak until you need it.

Thanks for the pics and different methods for storing rods and reels.  The Revo doesn"t have a lot of real estate for rod storage.  I think inside the hull storage would be the safest, but a little tough to get at out on the water.  I'll have to give it a try.  I have a gear track on each side of the footwell by the mirage drive.  I was thinking of mounting a short piece of sch 40 pvc on the gear track to protect the rod tip and then tie down the rod butts on each side of the seat in the tank well.  The pipe insulation looks like an easy practical way to go also.