Getting Rid of Water on Deck of 18

[Greno]

Ok. I know I am not the only obsessive person about this. I have sealed all the hatches and splash well and replaced the splash well board (has cutouts to get water to the splashwell and eventually out), but when launching and getting back on the trailer I flood the deck and put the low stern under. I am thinking of sticking an auto bilge pump in the splash well to get the water off and I am thinking of opening the scuppers that drain to the bilge to get the water off deck and stay above the surface. The scuppers were filled by the PO. Do most folks keep the scuppers plugged? I put a large pie plate in the baitwell hatch and the boat pops right up when I pull the pie plate and run water into bilge. I put ping pong balls on the scuppers in the transom that drain the splash well. I don't think I am obsessing too much about this, but feel better that the bilge isn't constantly getting water in it now, but do realize that I can put the lowest point of the stern under water which ain't good either. This is a constant battle of no water in bilge vs. too much on deck. What have other folks with 18's and V6 engines done. I know everyone has the same low transom, at least on older hulls.