That darn FOAM

[tsubaki]

Once it gets saturated it is impossible to get all of it out.
On one project, the boat was filled with leaves and water for a little less than a year, drained it cleaned it up, drilled/cut access holes and backed it into the garage for several weeks to help dry out. After the initial draining we got less than 5 gallons from it over a 3 to 4 week period and then it was down to a few drops here and there. To our amazement, the boat still weighed about the same.
Know a guy with a Whaler type hull that hoisted it up in the tree by the bow eye for near a year, strange site seeing a boat dangling as if hung by the neck till dead, he said there was no appreciable difference in the weight, even letting it drain that long.
And definitely not debunking reel, he is correct!

[Stillrunning]

Nice thing about the foam is when your stringers rot the foam keeps them in place.