Reunion Island ? Sixteen-year-old California sailor Abby Sunderland was reunited with her brother early today, after her solo around-the-world journey ended when her boat fell apart in an southern Ocean storm.

Sunderland said she’s “really disappointed that things didn’t go as planned.”

She spoke to reporters after coming to shore early today on the French island of Reunion off east Africa, brought by a French patrol boat.

She says she plans to keep sailing and that the accident June 10 “ended my trip, but it didn’t end my dream.”

Her brother Zac flew to Reunion to greet her.