Norman Cross (multihull designer)


Norman Cross 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: