Norman Cross (multihull designer) explained
Norman Cross (– August 14, 1990) was a Canadian[1] 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.[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]
Designs
Cross was responsible for at least the following designs:[2]
- Cross 10.5
- Cross 18
- Cross 24 (1963)[2] and later Cross 24 MkII
- Cross 26 (1960s or before) and later Cross 26 MkII
- 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]
Notes and References
- Web site: Norman A. Cross, N.A. . . A native of Canada... . January 6, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120102190524/http://mysite.verizon.net/res78939/id4.html . January 2, 2012 .
- Web site: CROSS Multihull Designs . . January 6, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140603163331/http://mysite.verizon.net/res78939/index.html . June 3, 2014 .
- Web site: Current Designs . . January 6, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080906143259/http://mysite.verizon.net/res78939/id10.html . September 6, 2008 . dead .
