[quickthrowman]

The official website says this route can be around 28,000 miles and the distance around the equator is 24,300 miles.

The route is chosen due to an unobstructed path ‘around the world’ in the Southern Ocean.

https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/what-vendee-globe

[moffkalast]

And you could also sail for 30k miles in a 10 mile circle and it wouldn't be called circumnavigating anything. It's not about the distance, it's about the places.