Norman Cross

Norman Cross (c. 1915 – August 14, 1990) was a Canadian multihull sailboat designer.

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)