This study addresses the different orientations that exist on organizations as systems over time, to approach, a posteri, nautical sports organizations from the different currents thar are present in the Organization Theory. We consider that this Theory represents the fundamental basis for understanding the nature, objectives and typology of nautical sports entities. For this, the different approaches that have been present in the complex development of the Organization Theory, since the beginning of the 20th century, are explained, and the stages of this type of nautical sports facilities are explained base don a series of laws and regulations that regulate them.