If a person wanted to leave the Soviet Union without permission (defect)in the mid 1960s and go by?

Question

small boat to Sweden would he have had a better chance of escaping by way of Estonia or Finland?

Answer 1

If going directly to Sweden by boat, leave Latvia and go to Gotland, a Swedish island in the middle of the Baltic sea. However, if just leaving is the issue, then the Finnish frontier is very, very long (and very, very cold in winter), so that is worth a thought.