About Amida

Amida is a Valiant Esprit 37, built in 1978 in Seattle, Washington. We found her in San Francisco and purchased her on April 11, 2001. She arrived in Ontario, Canada on May 11th and was launched at Bristol Marine, not far from Toronto. We spent several years refitting her for our voyage south. Statistics: Designer: Robert H. Perry Hull number: 3 LOA: 37' LWL: 31'7" Beam: 11'5" Draft: 5"9" ...now more like 6'! DISP: 17,000 lbs...again more like 21,000..lots of "stuff" on board Hull speed: 7.54 knots Sail area: 667 sq feet. Cutter Rig. Fuel: 40 gal Water: 100 gal Engine: Yanmar 56 hp (new in 2003) Amida's Name Amida is a word derived from the ancient Sanskrit language meaning Eternal Life and Light, Boundless Compassion, or Oneness. Amida Buddha is the personified symbol of the formless and compassionate Oneness that surrounds and penetrates us. Amida may be seen as a male or a female; we considered it in the feminine form because she is the life-giving force of the universe. She is not a Creator God that is separate from his creation but symbolizes the one reality that underlies and binds all forms of being. As an intimate part of the fundamental nature of the cosmos, she is not seen as the Almighty or a supernatural being, but our True Identity