The Sunken Yacht

{{Short description|1949 comics story by Carl Barks}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2018}}

{{Infobox comic

|name=The Sunken Yacht

|image=

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|code=W WDC 104-02

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|hero=Donald Duck

|appearances=Huey, Dewey and Louie
Uncle Scrooge

|pages=10

|layout=4 rows per page

|story=Carl Barks

|ink=Carl Barks

|date=May 1949

|first=Walt 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.comics.org/issue/7579/ |title=Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #104 (May 1949) |publisher=Grand Comics Database |accessdate=2013-10-26}}

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.{{Cite book |last=Barks |first=Carl |year=2013 |edition=2nd |title=Walt Disney's Donald Duck in "Lost in the Andes" |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |pages=127–136; also unpaged 'Story Notes' |isbn=978-1-60699-474-0}}