The wind predictions were very wrong today

Instead of 11 knots we've been getting >20, and it didn't pick up like that until it would have been worse to just turn around. Sailed for a while until things got a bit out of hand and the wind was in our face; tacking in these conditions instead of motoring straight to our next anchorage didn't seem like a good idea so we're just powering through it. Thankfully we're no longer stuffing our bow on the waves, though we're getting a lot of spray over the deck. Very thankful for the cockpit enclosure, this would be much more miserable without it. Had to go forward while tethered in to re-secure the anchor after a few violent waves, and the anchor caused some cosmetic damage on the bow that I'll need to inspect once we've set anchor. Sometimes you just learn the hard way!