Norman Cross (multihull designer)
# Norman Cross (multihull designer)

Norman Cross (c. 1915 – August 14, 1990) 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 (1963) and later Cross 24 MkII
* Cross 26 (1960s or before) and later Cross 26 MkII
* Cross 27 ("stretched Cross 26 MkII")
* Cross 28
* Cross 30
* Cross 31 and later Cross 31 MkII
* Cross 32R
* Cross 34 and later Cross 34 MkII
* Cross 34R ("stretched Cross 32R")
* Cross 35
* Cross 36
* Cross 36R
* Cross 37
* Cross 38 (1985)
* Cross 39
* Cross 39R ("stretched Cross 36R")
* Cross 39RC
* Cross 40RC
* Cross 40
* Cross 40R
* Cross 42 and later Cross 42 MkII
* Cross 44 ("stretched Cross42 MkII")
* Cross 45R
* Cross 46 and later Cross 46 MkII
* Cross 48 Model-B
* Cross 49
* Cross 50
* Cross 52
* Cross 52R
* Cross 78R (late 1980s)
