title: Norman Cross (multihull designer)
text: # 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)
  