About the designer
Marc Palacios is a naval architect and yacht designer working between Barcelona and Southampton. Trained at the Facultat de Nàutica de Barcelona, he is completing a Master's in Superyacht Design at Solent University — a programme that set him at the exact boundary between the numerical precision of naval architecture and the quiet elegance of exterior design.
It began with a five-year-old's VHS of the Titanic, then sailboats off the Costa Daurada, then drafting tables. The trajectory was never in doubt, only the route.
Time inside the engineering departments of Feadship and AMELS — two of the finest custom yards in the world — shaped a sensibility defined by restraint, material honesty, and narrative-led decision-making. Every vessel begins with a brief. Every line that follows answers to it.
Foundation in naval architecture, marine engineering, and hydrodynamics. The technical bedrock of the practice.
Advanced programme bridging engineering and design for the superyacht industry. Pirarucu was completed here.
Inside one of the world's most celebrated custom yacht yards. Structural engineering, design coordination, and an understanding of how the finest vessels come together.
Engineering practice within a yard known for precision and pedigree. A second perspective on large-scale custom construction.
"A yacht is not a shape you impose on the water — it's a conversation between geometry and hydrodynamics. The brief comes first. The beauty follows."
