Quote Originally Posted by Matty
Ship the army all the way to your target, set them ashore then call the crusade and attack the following turn.
Wow... talk about losing everything that's good about a crusade. A lot of the point is that you can get those troops to the target so much faster once they have their crusade movement bonus. I also seem to recall people saying that crusading armies are free of upkeep. I never did much of it myself so I don't really know, but if that's the case then calling and joining the crusade so late is really detrimental to your economy, since those troops could be free of upkeep for all the time it takes to get to the target.