Choppy

This morning, the Retriever showed up to relieve the tug Boulder. The weather is not what we want; a stiff NWly wind with a choppy sea. Our position is 250 miles NW of Finisterre and it is quite ususal that wind and swell are coming from the NW over here. With a SW heading (our destination is Ponta Delgada) it means that we're rolling. And that will be the case until we have shelter from Sao Miguel, I am afraid.