Marc Palacios Design — Naval Architect & Yacht Designer

01 The Studio

A yacht is not a shape you impose on the water. It is a conversation between geometry and hydrodynamics — and every line must answer to it.

FormationFacultat de Nàutica de Barcelona. Master's in Superyacht Design, Solent University, Southampton.

PracticeExperience inside the engineering departments of Feadship and AMELS. Today, designer and naval architect at Lobanov Design.

MethodEvery vessel begins with a brief: an owner, a stretch of water, an intent. Concept before geometry. Always.

02 Selected Work

Pirarucu 60m

A creative basecamp for the Amazon — an explorer built to sit still in moving water.

Fig. 01 — Exterior profile, day Amazon Basin, Brazil

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Enter the project

03 On Board

Six frames from Pirarucu — keep scrolling.

Pirarucu stern at night — i.Stern, nightfall

Upper deck dining — *ii.*Upper deck, dining

Fire pit on deck — *iii.*Fire pit at dusk

Next on the board

Innalea 44

A 44-metre sailing yacht.
Lines in progress — 2026.

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04 The Process

Imagine

Every project begins with a question: who is the owner, what waters will this vessel meet, and what intent must the design answer to. Concept before geometry.

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Design

Drawings, calculations, mock-ups. The exterior language is resolved through the same rigour as the hydrostatics — because a line that fails structurally was never beautiful to begin with.

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Build

From first pencil stroke to quayside delivery. The full translation of idea into object, where material honesty and engineering precision meet without compromise.