November 09-12, 2000 -- Cape Lookout Bight

November 9-12, 2000 -- Cape Lookout Bight On Thursday, November 9, Michael was working on the logs PC. While trying to figure out how to do something that he had not done in over a year, he selected the help feature on the start bar. At this point, the computer had a small psychotic episode and ceased to function. We checked a bunch of different things, and could not find any problems. We assumed that somehow the explorer shell had become corrupted. We reloaded the operating system and still had the problem. At this point, we were pretty sure that there was corruption in one of the registries. On Friday, November 10, we continued working on rebuilding the PC. After hiding various registries, and reinstalling the operating system, we had to wipe the OS and reinstall it. We did manage to preserve our data files without having to reload them at least. In the evening, the wind kicked up into the upper 20's with gusts into the low 30's. The boat was stern into it, riding like it should but backwards. We got worried that the chain had somehow wrapped around the prop and we were anchored from the prop. After checking the angle on the chain, we decided that that was not it. As it turns out the current is so strong here that it takes 30 plus knots of wind to turn the boat against it. On Saturday, November 11, we started reloading programs. On Sunday, November 12, we completed reloading the PC, then watched a movie. We were both burnt out from fixing the PC for 4 days between both of us. All I can say is thanks Bill Gates for killing competition and keeping better products from coming on the market