Seeking shelter

Stamper
Sat 2 Jul 2016 07:21
Position at 07:20 UTC 2 July 2016: 50:31.02 N 001:17.29 W
True Wind 23 knots , from W, Sea agitated.

Speed 8 knots. COG 080, engine on, seems to run OK. Gale force 8 warning for Dover

Feel Ok, slept enough in catnaps to be able to continue. However the gale 8 in Dover lets me seek shelter on the East side of the

Solent. I will anchor near Bembridge Harbour for today and tonight. Brighton is another option but that marina is difficult to enter with waves from the west.