Rodney Bay - The Mystery of the Weeping Mast

The last couple of days have been spent putting the boat back in order after having guests: doing laundry, putting gear back in the guest closet, etc. We were sad to discover that the Rodney Bay Marina didn't have a coin-op laundry, and their laundry service wanted an astonishing US$18/load to wash dry and fold. No way. So we gave all the big stuff (sheets, towels, etc) to a cheaper local laundromat called Sparkle that picks it up by boat and delivers it the same day for US$11. Still expensive, but not outright highway robbery. But we still had about four loads of laundry to do on the boat, so we spent our last day in the marina hooked up to shore power getting that done. It was late afternoon and we were sitting in the salon when Kevin noticed a drip on his arm coming from the compression post (the post directly under our mast). We looked and water was seeping out around the whole post. We were worried about that because it had been raining and the last thing we need is a leaky mast. So Kevin tore apart the headliner (ceiling) and discovered that it wasn't just the compression post but the whole fiberglass ceiling that was wet. The water wasn't coming from just one place, it was more like condensation instead of a leak. But we couldn't figure out why. The air temperature inside the boat was the same as outside the boat. So was the humidity. It was a head-scratcher. It finally dawned on Kevin and he asked, "When was the last time we washed -- and dried -- four loads of laundry on the boat?". Well, we never had. Usually we use the machine to wash and then hang stuff outside to air-dry, but it was too rainy so we were using the dryer. Which, as it turns out, was causing water to condense all over the compartments where the dryer exhaust was connected. Mystery solved! Elementary, my dear Watson.
We left the marina yesterday and are now anchored out in Rodney Bay just off Reduit Beach, waiting for good weather to make the 22-mile passage to Martinique.
Where we are:
Location=Rodney Bay, St. Lucia
Lat=14 04.504
Lon=60 57.450