STARBOARD INVESTMENT TRUST

116 South Franklin Street

Rocky Mount, NC 27804

252-972-9922

January 30, 2018

VIA EDGAR

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Filing Desk
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549

RE:	QCI Balanced Fund, a series of the Starboard Investment Trust

File Nos. 333-159484 and 811-22298

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 497(j) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, please accept this letter as certification that the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information for the QCI Balanced Fund do not differ from those contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 285 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A. The amendment was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission electronically on January 26, 2018.

If you have any questions concerning the foregoing, please contact the undersigned at 252-984-3802.

Yours truly,

/s/ Matthew J. Beck

Matthew J. Beck

cc:	Betselot Zeleke Division of Investment Management Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, DC 20549

Terrence O. Davis, Esq.

1180 West Peachtree Street, Suite 1800

Atlanta, GA 30309