Norman Cross (multihull designer)
Norman Cross was a Canadian multihull sailboat designer.
Career
A design engineer by profession, Cross worked for Ford Motor Company, then spent 16 years with General Dynamics' Convair Division in their department of wind-tunnel model design and towing basin testing. He spent much of his life in San Diego, California, beginning to design multihulls in the 1950s, starting with catamarans. His full-time multihull development work began in 1968.Designs
Cross was responsible for at least the following designs:- Cross 10.5
- Cross 18
- Cross 24 and later Cross 24 MkII
- Cross 26 and later Cross 26 MkII
- Cross 27
- Cross 28
- Cross 30
- Cross 31 and later Cross 31 MkII
- Cross 32R
- Cross 34 and later Cross 34 MkII
- Cross 34R
- Cross 35
- Cross 36
- Cross 36R
- Cross 37
- Cross 38
- Cross 39
- Cross 39R
- Cross 39RC
- Cross 40RC
- Cross 40
- Cross 40R
- Cross 42 and later Cross 42 MkII
- Cross 44
- Cross 45R
- Cross 46 and later Cross 46 MkII
- Cross 48 Model-B
- Cross 49
- Cross 50
- Cross 52
- Cross 52R
- Cross 78R