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But if it doesn't shorten the route that doesn't help. Could equally book into a cheap motel and sleep there for the same number of hours as the ferry crossing.
For the ferry to be advantageous must be the case you can either ride less miles or less hills.
Zerostar-
The ferry does mean less miles cycled. It's faster not to use the ferry, but for the people who aren't aiming to win it's one option that helps get a big block of sleep in mid-ride.
Rivoli to Vukovar =~ 1200km (avoiding motorways)
Rivoli to Ancona =~ 590km
Split to Vukovar =~ 430km(I picked Rivoli as most people went through it anyway)
So that ferry saves ~180km, but it's an 10h45 crossing, which is why it's faster to cycle.
Greenbank
Ferry = sleep.