On May 7-8, employees of the Kaliningrad Department of the FSUE “Rosmorport” North-Western Basin Branch together with yachtsmen of the Kaliningrad Region took part in a patriotic sailing cruise along the Kaliningrad Bay from Kaliningrad to Baltiysk in memory of Soviet soldiers, fallen during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945.

70 people on 12 yachts took part in the cruise, joined by the Kaliningrad Department rowing team on the YAL-6 sailing and rowing boat.

Participants of the cruise laid flowers at the mass grave of soldiers who died in the battles for Pillau (Baltiysk) on the Baltic Spit. At the flower-laying ceremony, the participants honored the fallen heroes with a minute’s silence, and the yachtsmen lowered wreaths into the Baltic Sea in memory of the fallen sailors.

During the sailing cruise, the second annual sailing regatta for the cup of FSUE “Rosmorport” took place.

The regatta was held in the Kaliningrad Bay waters at a distance of 24 miles in one stage, and prizes were awarded in three start groups.

In the first group of vessels consisting of yachts with a length of more than 10 meters, the third place was taken by the Baltika yacht managed by Sergey Yevchenko, head of the pilot service of the Kaliningrad Department.

In the Open group consisting of yachts without racing points, the second place was taken by the Raniya yacht managed by Vladimir Zaytsev, mechanic of the maintenance service of the railway and ferry complex of the Kaliningrad Department.