Norman Cross

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.

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)