Norman Cross ( c. 1915 – August 14, 1990 [1]) was a Canadian [1] multihull sailboat designer. [2]
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 [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]
References
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"Norman A. Cross, N.A."
Wayback Machine. Archived from
the original on January 2, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
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- ^ a b c d "CROSS Multihull Designs". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on June 3, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "Current Designs". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on September 6, 2008. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
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