Cross Trimarans

[Mark G.]

[Mark G.]

Here is Norm Cross's 32R Crossfire

[B Walters]

Mark
Cool boat! The fisrt fri I was ever on was a Cross 36R. Got me hooked and was the reason I got mine. I've only had mine for a year since I pretty much rebuilt it. I'm just now getting the confidence to find the true speed potential. When and when was your boat built?

[Mark G.]

Thanks we really love the ol'girl, she must be getting onto 35 years old now. My boat isn't a 36R but an extended 32R to 36'. The sail plan was also increased from 440 square feet to 600 sq.'

[Mark G.]

[Mark G.]

[Mark G.]

Here is another pic of Norm Cross's 32R, the Crossfire

[Mark G.]

[Mark G.]

B Walters, did you know your boat lead up to the final design of the Cross 32R.
He raced the Cross 24, then improved it with the Cross 26, then the Cross 27 and finally the Cross 32R and then of course he designed my 32R extended to 36.

I remember when I owned my first trimaran a Piver Mariner 25, it blasted along at 15 knots in a small craft warning. Loved the way she spanked a lot of snobby leaner owners with my cheap little plywood backyard built boat. It sported a donor Thunderbird 26 rigging which was a little oversized. I had the main hill lift once. Your Cross 26 should better that.
While I had my little Piver, I always dreamed of owning a Cross 26!

[B Walters]

Didn't know that about the evolution but glad to know. I got Poco Loco up to 14.1 knots on the GPS a couple months back and bent the rudder pretty bad. I just recently replaced it with one that looks much quicker, t's foam instead of wood and has a much sharper trailing edge. So I'll let you know when I get it above 15!
How fast can you get yours going and what kind of auxiliary power do you use?

[Mark G.]

Here is a pic of my little Piver 25' Mariner way back in 1980...loved the way you could just beach her!

[Mark G.]

The main hull will start to lift at 20knots so that would be the safe maximum boat speed.
My outboard is a Tohatsu 9.8 four stroke, it uses a half a gallon an hour. Tohatsu makes all the 40hp and less for Mercury...Evinrude, Nissan as well.

I just obtained a Yanmar 1GM10 single cyl. diesel, that little bundle of joy burns 1 to 1.5 liters per hour...amazing little beastie! Unfortunately Yanmar doesn't make them any longer.

[Cavalier MK2]

Careful with the mounts on that thumper. a friend is replacing the one on his 35' Nicol Wanderer because it shakes the boat so much....

Nice looking boat! Is it the one which one the Strait of Georgia singlehand race way back?

[Mark G.]

Thanks, yes the little Yanmar does dance around no doubt due to its light 70kg weight.
If I am not mistaken, wasn't it Larry Storch of Storch Sails in his Cross 36R that won the single handed Georgia Straight crossing?
Tell me what you know on this subject, as I was trying to research this.
Here is a pic of Larry Storch's Cross 36R.

[Mark G.]

Larry Storch's 36R in flying form.