diff --git a/src/main/java/seng302/Controllers/StartController.java b/src/main/java/seng302/Controllers/StartController.java
index e7ffba14..40a91de7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/seng302/Controllers/StartController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/seng302/Controllers/StartController.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package seng302.Controllers;
 
-import javafx.beans.property.StringProperty;
 import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
 import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
 import javafx.fxml.FXML;
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@ import javafx.scene.control.TableView;
 import javafx.scene.control.cell.PropertyValueFactory;
 import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
-import seng302.Model.Boat;
 import seng302.Model.BoatInRace;
 import seng302.RaceXMLReader;
 
@@ -25,11 +23,9 @@ public class StartController extends Controller {
 
     @FXML private GridPane start;
 
-    @FXML TableView<BoatInRace> boatNameTable;
-    @FXML
-    TableColumn<BoatInRace, String> boatNameColumn;
-    @FXML
-    TableColumn<BoatInRace, String> boatCodeColumn;
+    @FXML private TableView<BoatInRace> boatNameTable;
+    @FXML private TableColumn<BoatInRace, String> boatNameColumn;
+    @FXML private TableColumn<BoatInRace, String> boatCodeColumn;
 
     /**
      * Begins the race with a scale factor of 15
@@ -60,7 +56,7 @@ public class StartController extends Controller {
 
     @Override
     public void initialize(URL location, ResourceBundle resources){
-
+        initialiseTables();
 
 
     }
@@ -81,7 +77,9 @@ public class StartController extends Controller {
         BoatInRace[] boats = new BoatInRace[raceXMLReader.getBoats().size()];
         boats = raceXMLReader.getBoats().toArray(boats);
         ObservableList<BoatInRace> observableBoats = FXCollections.observableArrayList(boats);
-
+        boatNameTable.setItems(observableBoats);
+        boatNameColumn.setCellValueFactory(cellData -> cellData.getValue().getName());
+        boatCodeColumn.setCellValueFactory(new PropertyValueFactory<>("abbrev"));
 
     }