Sailing is a coed sport, but there are regattas during the year for women only, as well.
The sloop championships are in 22 foot keelboats, with a crew of three, and team racing consists of a team of three Flying Juniors per school, racing for best combined score. The team practices out of the California Yacht Club in Marina del Rey, the largest marina in the world. The national championship is held in a different place every year, and could be on the Great Lakes, the Atlantic Coast, the Gulf of Mexico, or in the Pacific. There are seven districts in the Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association and a National governing body, each district gets to host the National's in turn. The Pepperdine Sailing Team was started in the spring of 1995.