Source for YETI Cooler Latch Only For Use on an 250 OUTRAGE

[jwex16]

Q1: where can a latch be purchased that can be used to keep closed a YETI cooler when it is installed forward of the center console of a 250 OUTRAGE?

ASIDE: The YETI cooler I have does not have the typical rubber latches used to keep the cooler closed.

[jimh]

Q2: please explain why the cooler latch which will hold closed a YETI cooler is somehow specific to your 250 OURAGE of unidentified model year?

Q3: please explain why the normal rubber hold-down straps used on the YETI cooler would not work on your boat?

[jwex16]

The front cooler on my 2010 OUTRAGE 250 is manufactured by Yeti according to the Boston Whaler part diagrams. It is wedge shaped and slides forward to form a filler for the bow seating

The latches affix to two male snaps on the body and the lid

YETI coolers affix the top of their rubber latch with a rod and use a snap of some sort on the body

I need to replace the originals which are now missing

A photograph of the front and back of the latch would be useful. The diagrams only have a photo of the front and there is no part number.

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[Jefecinco]

Have you tried to contact YETI?

[jimh]

Thanks for the clarification that the cooler under discussion is NOT a standard, off-the-shelf, consumer grade product sold by YETI at retail to the public, and is, instead, some sort of custom-design sold to Boston Whaler by YETI that has some sort of unique, unusual shape and appearance and uses a one-of-a-kind mechanism for retaining the lid in the closed position. And further there are no existing drawings or photographs available to illustrate these two unique aspects so readers can better understand that the nature of the problem encountered, or that any photo-image files that might be useful cannot be hosted by the forum itself because the IMAGES are either not in an allowed file format, or the IMAGE file itself is too large, or the IMAGE dimensions will be too large.

[jimh]

I received an email with three image files attached from the initiator of this thread, seeking help in getting them included in the discussion. I was able to open the files and extract from the images they contained some useful views that better illustrate the nature of the cooler and its lid retaining mechanism.

Figure 1 below shows the general shape of the cooler that is the topic of the discussion in this thread.

Fig. 1. A cooler used on a 250 OUTRAGE and supplied by Boston Whaler. The true shape of the cooler is seen in this view.

YETI_CoolerShape.jpg (36.05 KiB) Viewed 1973 times

The initial description of the cooler shape was as a "wedge" which suggested a three-side object. The cooler shape has four sides and is more accurately described as an isosceles trapezoid or a trapezium.

Also seen in Figure 1 are the mounting fasteners for the missing latch straps, which are located just inboard of the hold-downs for the cushion.

ASIDE: The email attachments totaled about 16-Megabytes, which not too long ago would have been considered a "mail Bomb". Fortunately, my email host permitted the huge email to be received.


A note about what it took to get these files to be included:
--the original image included additional portions of the boat that were not particularly necessary to see the cooler's shape. The original image was badly exposed and some exposure compensation has been applied to the image seen above. The original format of the image file was .PNG, which when used for photographic images results in very poor compression characteristics and very large file sizes.
--the original file size of the image was 4,700,000-bytes (4.7-Megabytes); the image above has a file size of 37,000-bytes (37-kilobytes). Although the cooler is longer than its height, the original image was composed in portrait format, and the dimensions of the image were 1620 x 2160. The original image was cropped to show just the cooler and then scaled down to be only 800 x 750.

The reason the OP could not upload this image for hosting by the forum was the file size was too large and the image size was too large.

[jimh]

Figure 2 below shows a cooler lid hold-down strap used on a cooler similar to the one under discussion, with the strap in place on the two fastening points. The strap apparently is fitted over the upper post by temporary expansion of the material, and a hidden mechanism on the bottom end of the strap fits into its mate that is attached to the cooler body.

Fig. 2. A view of an intact cooler hold down on a cooler of similar type to the one under discussion.

YETI_CoolerLatchCloseUP.jpg (33.1 KiB) Viewed 1972 times

The image in Figure 2 has been modified from the original image. Significant exposure compensation was applied. The image was severely cropped to show only the portion of interest (the latch). The file format was changed to .JPG. The image dimension were reduced. The file size was reduced. A third image showing the same view of the latch was also provided, but that image was the same as the one used to create Figure 2, so it has not been included.

[fno]

Looks like you need to talk to Yeti, not us, not Boston Whaler. Just sayin, so send those pics to them. They are a good bunch of people.