BIOT (Chagos) - Links

BIOT/Chagos Links:

http://biot.gov.io/
BIOT Administration website (with information for visiting yachts)

Foreign & Commonwealth Office, British Indian Ocean Territory Travel Advice

Information about the Chagos Archipelago

The Stolen Islands of Chagos (October 2015)
The story of how the US and UK conspired to steal an archipelago and the oceanographer who is trying to win it back for her people.

Stealing a Nation - How the UK/US Stole the Diego Garcia Island
A very moving video about how the Islanders were driven out of Diego Garcia.

SY Brick House - Permit Application Information
This yacht crew applied for their BIOT permit for Chagos at the end of 2017, for a visit in May 2018. Detailed here are some useful things they learned along the way.

Useful Cruising Reports:

Salomon Atoll - Moorings near Boddam Island
Useful information from SY Adina who visited in 2016.

Des Cason: How to tackle the Mozambique Channel (You Tube video)

Des Cason: Crossing the Indian Ocean Guide (Noonsite report)

Des Cason: Madagascar and Mozambique Channel (Noonsite report)

SV Totem: Passage hindsight – sailing from Madagascar to South Africa
A really useful article by SV Totem from their own passage in 2015.

Cruising Notes for Chagos by SV Ocelot (2007 & 2008).
http://svocelot.com/Cruise_Info/Indian/Chagos_Cruising.htm
Whilst these notes on Ocelot's blog are from the early 2000s and the regulations for Chagos are constantly changing, it's interesting to read a cruiser's view of this little piece of paradise.