Hull to Rotterdam ferry not recognised

[Ray Woodhams]

I am trying to plot a route from Barnsley in the North of England, to Spa in Belgium. My preferred route is Barnsley - Hull, P and O overnight ferry to Rotterdam then Rotterdam to Spa. Myrouteapp insists on sending me south to Dover and across the channel to Calais. I have tried different maps, and putting waymarks in the middle of the North Sea, but I cannot force the Hull - Rotterdam route. Any suggestions?

[richard 3v]

Simply make one route from Barnsley to Hull and another route from Rotterdam to Spa.
If you save the ferry ports as favourites it makes the return journey planning easier.

[Brian McG]

@Ray-Woodhams I do not understand why you would need MRA to navigate between Hull & Rotterdam
as @richard-3v says splitting the route into 2 sections is the sensible thing to do
surely the Captain of the ferry is going navigate the wet watery bit

[Ray Woodhams]

Thanks for the split route suggestion. I should have mentioned that this is the obvious work around.
My point in posting is that there seems to be a bug which is not recognising the Hull -Rotterdam route, even when it is the most obvious one, and defaulting to Dover-Calais.

[RetiredWingMan]

Did you try setting your option to shortest route?

[Ray Woodhams]

Aha, that does seem to do it - thanks very much

[richard 3v]

Well thought out @retiredwingman .

I just tried that and it works.

[Brian McG]

@richard-3v you could also try setting the off road/skip function on the point you have at Rotterdam
this will then draw a straight line path from Hull-Rotterdam