Norman Cross (c. 1915 – August 14, 1990[1]) was a Canadian[1] multihull sailboat designer.[2]
Career edit
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 edit
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 edit
- ^ a b c d e "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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