Risk/Return: Document Type Document Period End Date Registrant Name Central Index Key Amendment Flag Document Creation Date Document Effective Date Prospectus Date Starboard investment trust [Abstract] Prospectus: Risk/Return [Heading] Objective [Heading] Objective, Primary [Text Block] Expense [Heading] Expense Narrative [Text Block] Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] Shareholder Fees [Table] Operating Expenses Caption [Text] Annual Fund Operating Expenses [Table] Expense Example [Heading] Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] Expense Example, With Redemption [Table] Portfolio Turnover [Heading] Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] Strategy [Heading] Strategy Narrative [Text Block] Risk [Heading] Risk Narrative [Text Block] Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] Performance Narrative [Text Block] Shareholder Fees: Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of Offering Price) Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed On Purchases (as a % of offering price) Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (as a percentage) Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a % of the lesser of amount purchased or redeemed) Redemption Fee (as a percentage of Amount Redeemed) Redemption Fee (as a % of amount redeemed; charged upon any redemption of shares within 60 days of the issuance) Redemption Fee Redemption Fee (as a % of amount redeemed) Operating Expenses: Management Fees (as a percentage of Assets) Management Fees Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): Total Other Expenses Other Expenses Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses Fee Waiver or Reimbursement Fee Waiver and/or Expense Limitation Net Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses Expense Example: Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year 1 Year Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years 3 Years Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years 5 Years Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years 10 Years Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination Portfolio Turnover, Rate Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text] Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] Expenses Not Correlated to Ratio Due to Acquired Fund Fees [Text] Risk Lose Money [Text] Performance One Year or Less [Text] Series [Axis] Entity [Domain] Series S000034417 [Member] SCS Tactical Allocation Fund Share Class [Axis] Share Class [Domain] Share Classes S000034417 Class Parent [Member] SCS Tactical Allocation Fund Class Parent C000105882 [Member] SCS Tactical Allocation Fund