Voyages of Lithuanian sailors behind the “iron curtain”, 1967–1988

Seagoing “L-6” (“Leningrad-6”) class yacht
Type of the ship: Bermuda sloop 
Site of construction: Leningrad (USSR)
Year of construction: After 1963
Material: Oak, pine
Ship dimensions: Length 12.35 m, beam 2.8 m, draft 1.9 m, displacement 7 t
Sail rigging: Grotto and staysail, overall sail area 60 m2
Crew: 6–8 people
Sailing: The first yachts of this class in Soviet Lithuania were “Banga 2” (meaning ‘Wave 2’), “Atlantas” (meaning ‘Atlas’) and “Fata Morgana”. The routes were limited to the Baltic coast and Poland. Only “Vilnis” (meaning ‘a wave’) sailed to the White and the Barents Seas in 1975.

Nautical chart of the Baltic, the White and the Barents Seas  

The following sites are marked on the nautical chart: Klaipėda, Liepāja, Rīga, Tallinn, Danzig, Gdynia, Leningrad, Rostock, Warnemünde, Arkhangelsk and Murmansk.