L’ETOILE DU
NORD
Stockholm Archipelago
and beyond
Skipper | Sailing teacher | Deckhand
I am a Swedish skipper and sailing teacher who organise sailing events. In my spare time I work as a deckhand on passenger ferries and tall ships.
I spent my youth sailing in the Stockholm archipelago, as well as on tall ships in the Baltic sea, the North sea and across the South China sea. After an international career as a dancer and choreographer based in Paris, France, I decided to follow my dream of sailing. « You can take the girl out of the ocean, but you can’t take the ocean out of the girl. » Hence, I am back at sea since 2020, sharing my passion for sailing and the archipelago with the world.
Welcome to contact me in English, French or Swedish at karin@etoile-du-nord.se
Karin Modigh
PROJECTS
Skipper at the small yacht operator Vind o Vatten Sailing, based in Dalarö in the Stockholm Archipelago.
May-September since 2022
Organised and guided a flotilla sail in the Stockholm Archipelago for 30 members from Yacht Club de France.
8-16 June 2024
Fantastic and unforgettable!
We are three Swiss people who love to sail and have always wanted to experience the Stockholm archipelago on a sailboat. Karin made this possible. Her sailboat is moored in the port of Dalarö, a sailor’s paradise that is a 45-minute drive from Stockholm. Shortly after 10 a.m. we started – well “packed” in Karin’s sailing gear – on a 6-hour sailing tour around the island of Nämdö. Thanks to the good wind (it seems like there’s almost always wind here!) we were able to moor in a small bay and eat something for lunch. Karin is not only fluent in French and English, she is also an extremely interesting woman. We would highly recommend this to anyone wanting to explore the archipelago.
June 2023
Agnès R
Maritime CV
Boats Owned
Beason 36, since 2022
Havsörn II 35, 2003-2011 (co-ownership)
P 28, 2000-2003
Boats Sailed
Small Yachts: Figaro II, Linjett 39, Bavaria 44, Contest 48
Tall Ships: Götheborg of Sweden, Atlantica, Deodar, Elmy, Astrid Finne, Belle Amie, Maybe, Älva
Passenger ferries: M/S Vindöga, M/S Utö Express
Waters Sailed
Skipper: Baltic Sea (SE/FI/RU), Skagerrak (SE/DK), Kattegat (SE/DK), the Solent (UK)
Deckhand: the Mediterranean (GR/FR/ES/IT), Bay of Biscay, the English Channel, the North Sea (FR/UK/NE/GE), the South China Sea (Indonesia-China)
Certificates
Ships’ Officer class 8
Machine Officer class 8
SRC/VHF certificate
Basic Safety Coastal
Crane Operator Licence
Maritime CV
Boats Owned
Beason 36, since 2022
Havsörn II 35, 2003-2011 (co-ownership)
P 28, 2000-2003
Boats Sailed
Small Yachts: Figaro II, Linjett 39, Bavaria 44, Contest 48
Tall Ships: Götheborg of Sweden, Atlantica, Deodar, Astrid Finne, Belle Amie
Passenger ferries: M/S Vindöga, M/S Utö Express
Waters Sailed
Skipper: Baltic Sea (SE/FI/RU), Skagerrak (SE/DK), Kattegat (SE/DK), the Solent (UK)
Deckhand: the Mediterranean (GR/FR/IT), Bay of Biscay, the English Channel, the North Sea (FR/UK/NE/GE), the South China Sea (Indonesia-China)
Certificates
Ships’ Officer class 8
Machine Officer class 8
SRC/VHF certificate
Basic Safety Coastal
Crane Operator Licence
Stockholm Archipelago
The Solent / The Needles
Guernsey
Bay of Biscay
L’Etoile du Nord AB
c/o Modigh
Sibyllegatan 77
114 43 Stockholm
Sweden