The couple settled at Wake Robin and developed a plan to buy land on Sonoma Mountain for ranching. Upon re-reading Joshua Slocum's "Sailing Alone Around the World," they decided to repeat the journey. The trip on the "Snark", designed by Jack, went only to Australia, yet provided the material for books by both writers. Charmian published articles for "Mid-Pacific Magazine", along with "The Log of the Snark" (1915), and "Our Hawaii" (1917), The "Log" was well received by reviewers, who described the book as "clever, lucid, conversational, emotionally revealing, and humorous." "Our Hawaii" reflected upon the changes in the island between 1907 and 1916 to deplore the rapid changes brought about by tourism.