Elga Koch

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Elga Koch (* 1928 in Hamburg ; † April 1, 2014 on La Palma , Canary Islands ) was a German circumnavigator and author .

Together with her husband Ernst-Jürgen Koch (1923–2003) she was one of the pioneers of circumnavigation. She was the first woman to sail the Passat route in a sailing boat from 1964 to 1967 . The reports about the trade route, which is frequently sailed today, were new at the time. In 1971, she co- authored her husband with Das Logbuch der Kairos: Weltumegelung 1964–1967 and worked with him on other books of their sailing trips together. Elga Koch is considered the grande dame of cruising sailors .

After a fire in her house, where she had lived on the Canary Island of La Palma since the death of her husband in 2003, she succumbed to severe burns in the hospital on April 1st, 2014.

Publications

  • With Ernst-Jürgen Koch: The Kairos' logbook: Circumnavigation 1964–1967 (drawings: Ernst-Jürgen Koch). Delius, Klasing et al. Co., Bielefeld, Berlin 1971, ISBN 3-7688-0109-8 .
  • Ernst-Jürgen Koch: Dog life in glory: our circumnavigation with the Kairos (photos: Elga Koch, drawings by the author). Christian Wegner Verlag, Hamburg 1968 (volume 1 of the Kairos trilogy).
  • Ernst-Jürgen Koch: Damn it to be happy: on the road with the Kairos (drawings by the author, photos: Elga Koch). Delius, Klasing, Bielefeld 1984, ISBN 3-7688-0481-X (Volume 2 of the Kairos trilogy).
  • Ernst-Jürgen Koch: Paradise in the hourglass: our last trip with the Kairos (drawings and photos: Elga Koch). Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 1987, ISBN 3-7688-0578-6 (Volume 3 of the Kairos trilogy).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SEAHRT / WORLD CIRCULATION: Wonderful dog life . In: Der Spiegel . No. 36 , 1967, p. 90 ( online ).
  2. ↑ Holger Peterson: Sailing pioneer Elga Koch has died , yacht from April 3, 2014
  3. ↑ Una mujer de 85 años pierde la vida en un incendio en su casa en La Palma on laopinion.es, accessed April 2, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Cook, Elga
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German circumnavigator and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 2014
Place of death La Palma , Canary Islands