Norman Cross (multihull designer)

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Name Norman Cross		Role Multihull designer

Norman Cross (ca. 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)

References

Norman Cross (multihull designer) Wikipedia

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