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)