Hello Pat,
Welcome to the Forum.
Please send a PM to the Administrator - Fred, and explain your problem. I hope you have all the purchase related papers / bills, etc. This will come handy to prove that yours is a legal copy.
Please follow this link to send the PM to Fred:-
http://80.95.161.114/shipsim/forum/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=14799
Regards
vin_sun