On a related subject if I am sending a fleet into the transition zone from Europe to Ivory coast and I order it to India directly, does it get there any quicker than manually moving from Europe to the Ivory Coast, then to Madagascar and then on to India? I think I did it in two turns once with a fleet of fourth rates but I'm not 100% sure. I have often sent Indiamen from Europe directly to India and then back to Madagascar to cop a trade slot, when the pirates are blocking access to Madagascar at the Southern end. As Sweden I even sent tradeships from the Iceland zone direct to the East Indies and Madagascar to avoid some Prussian pirates in the Ivory Coast!