Unable to save games in SI :(

[Kurt]

Whenever I try to save the game in SI, the screen goes oddly coloured then kicks me to desktop.
I'm running the beta release on windows 98.
Stderr says : Fatal signal: Segmentation Fault (SDL Parachute Deployed)
Stdout:Listing 1 Save games
0 = 0 : c:\ultima\ultima 7 part 2 - the serpent isle\exult00si.sav : start
First Free Game 1
(x,y) rel. to gump is (103, 32)
Hit a save game field
(x,y) rel. to gump is (37, 197)
(x,y) rel. to gump is (79, 52)
(x,y) rel. to gump is (36, 192)
(x,y) rel. to gump is (73, 5)
Hit a save game field
(x,y) rel. to gump is (31, 193)

a save file IS created but cannot be read upon reloading.