Andrew Leachman (1945 –2017) was a Master Mariner with more
than 55 years of seagoing experience.
He captained New Zealand's research vessel Tangaroa for more than 20 years. He was posthumously awarded the New Zealand Antarctic Medal. A species of marine sea cucumber was named in his honour.
A keen jazz musician, he played tenor saxophone with the Woollaston Jazz & Blues Nelson Festival for many years and was a Nelson Jazz Club life member. Pictured here with Sophie Ricketts and the Gentlemen Collection.
i THINK THIS WAS MY BOYFRIEND IN DUDEDIN MZ. WE WENT OUT FOR 'COFFEE' A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT HE WANTED MORE. SO DID I BUT WAS TOO SCARED. i HAVE ONE PHOTO OF ANDY STANDING ON BOARD BY A WINCH. i WAS TOLD HE LOST AN ARM AND THAT IS WHY HE DID NOT WRITE ANYMORE
ReplyDeleteWould love to hear from you. I am 75 unattached except for truckloads of cats and blissfully happy. I still have all your letters. You broke my heart when you said you were leaving to return to Britain. I still talk to Gill all the time the tine that is the Fleming fmil that you boarded with.
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