Journey of once-sunken sailboat reaches end, volunteer salvor feels left high and dry

No good deed goes unpunished. That's how Mark Griffin is feeling after he volunteered for public safety reasons to help raise and haul ashore a sailboat that sat at the bottom of the St. John River near Browns Flat for months with only the tops of its two masts visible.

Journey of once-sunken sailboat reaches end, volunteer salvor feels left high and dry
A split photo showing a sailboat on the water on the left and the scrapped remains on the right.

No good deed goes unpunished. That's how Mark Griffin is feeling after he volunteered for public safety reasons to help raise and haul ashore a sailboat that sat at the bottom of the St. John River near Browns Flat for months with only the tops of its two masts visible.