Norman Cross (multihull designer)

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.[1] He spent much of his life in San Diego, California, beginning to design multihulls in the 1950s, starting with catamarans.[1] His full-time multihull development work began in 1968.[1]

Cross was responsible for at least the following designs:[2]

• Cross 10.5[3]
• Cross 18[3]
• Cross 24 (1963)[2][3] and later Cross 24 MkII[3]
• Cross 26[3] (1960s or before) and later Cross 26 MkII[3]
• Cross 27 ("stretched Cross 26 MkII"[3])
• Cross 28[3]
• Cross 30
• Cross 31[3] and later Cross 31 MkII[3]
• Cross 32R[3]
• Cross 34 and later Cross 34 MkII[3]
• Cross 34R ("stretched Cross 32R"[3])
• Cross 35[3]
• Cross 36
• Cross 36R[3]
• Cross 37
• Cross 38[3] (1985)
• Cross 39
• Cross 39R ("stretched Cross 36R"[3])
• Cross 39RC
• Cross 40RC[3]
• Cross 40
• Cross 40R[3]
• Cross 42[3] and later Cross 42 MkII[3]
• Cross 44 ("stretched Cross42 MkII"[3])
• Cross 45R[3]
• Cross 46[3] and later Cross 46 MkII[3]
• Cross 48 Model-B[3]
• Cross 49[3]
• Cross 50[3]
• Cross 52[3]
• Cross 52R[3]
• Cross 78R (late 1980s)[2]