Jeff Davis

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Statement as of 5:27 am EDT on May 18, 2013 ... National safe boating week begins today... National safe boating week occurs each year during the first full week before the start of the Memorial Day weekend. This year it runs from may 18 through may 24... and we start with the topic of life jackets. Before you and your family get out on the water this year, grab a life jacket and wear it. Nearly 85 percent of those who drown while boating were not wearing a life jacket. Wearing a life jacket is one of the most effective and simple life-saving strategies for safe recreational boating. Boaters are required to have a U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jacket on board for every passenger on their vessel. The most important thing is this: remember to grab a life jacket and wear it. This message was brought to you by the National Weather Service and the National safe boating Council. Visit the National Weather Service on the web at www.Weather.Gov and the National safe boating Council at www.Safeboatingcouncil.Org www.NWS.NOAA.Gov/safeboating