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You can also find a wet vac / shop vac with a set up where the hose can be plugged to the exhaust and used as a blower. A cheap hair dryer can be also easily converted to that purpose. I wouldn't leave any of the tools mentioned, run unattended.
Let us know how it turned out.
I haven't gotten any suggestions from anybody on putting a drain plug on my 18 Outrage. It came without one and I'm debating whether to put on? Or I'm I inviting trouble by having extra screw holes in the transom and allowing moisture in?