One of the few images that remain of Javier... is the Committee of Measurement of the Quarter Ton Cup of Baiona... Javier is the first on the left sitting (Photo Archive of Mount Real Club of Yates)

At the age of 82, in Ferrol, Captain Javier Romero... one of the most exquisite, wise and honest meters... who have collaborated with the Real Federación Española de Vela in general... and with clubs in the category of Monte Real Club de Yates de Baiona, Real Club Náutico de Palma, Real Club Náutico de El Puerto de Santa María, Real Club Náutico de Valencia, Real Club Marítimo del Abra, Real Club Náutico de Barcelona, Real Club Náutico de La Coruña... to cite some.

He had taken refuge in his native Ferrol, where he was born in October 1938... because of the pandemic we were suffering just a year ago... in March 2020... and his death was not because of the covid. Before yesterday, as he usually did, he had gone out in the afternoon for a walk... and returned to his house in San Xurxo at the 8: 00 p.m. and the product of a domestic accident (it fell down the stairs) ceased to exist. The Great Javier... affectionately nicknamed "Torquemada" for his rigorous, very affectionate, but very serious personality as the chief meter of the Spanish one who was... will be buried in the Ferrolano cemetery of San Jorge around 10: 00 in the morning of March 5. Rest in peace.

Francisco Javier Romero Aznar belonged to a very deep-rooted family in the Navy. He entered the Marin Naval School on September 1, 1,955, promotion 361 made up of 42 members, including Rafael Morales Romero, Francisco Núñez Lacaci, Antonio Esteban Alberto, Enrique Amador González, Ángel Montero Loyola, Francisco Rapallo, Ricardo de Dolarea, José Poblos or Francisco Torrente. He later finished his career as a naval engineer. On June 13, 1998, he was assigned to the construction and construction inspection of Baleares where he went to the reserve.