"The Sunken Yacht"
Story codeW WDC 104-02
StoryCarl Barks
InkCarl Barks
DateMay 1949
HeroDonald Duck
Pages10
Layout4 rows per page
AppearancesHuey, Dewey and Louie
Uncle Scrooge
First publicationWalt Disney's Comics and Stories #104

"The Sunken Yacht" is a 10-page Disney comics story written, drawn, and lettered by Carl Barks. Characters in the story include Donald Duck, his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie, Uncle Scrooge, an artist, and a boxer. The story was first published in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #104 (May 1949). The story has been reprinted several times since.[1]

The story is about Donald's attempts to salvage Scrooge's sunken yacht for an exorbitant price. Donald raises the yacht by filling it with ping pong balls. Scrooge outwits his nephew at every turn however and Donald is the loser at the end of the story.[2]

In 1964, Danish inventor Karl Kroyer salvaged a shipwreck by pumping expandable polystyrene foam balls into its hull. He was denied a patent for the process because it had already been described in the comic.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #104 (May 1949)". Grand Comics Database. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  2. Barks, Carl (2013). Walt Disney's Donald Duck in "Lost in the Andes" (2nd ed.). Fantagraphics Books. pp. 127–136, also unpaged 'Story Notes'. ISBN 978-1-60699-474-0.
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