Get a life jacket and wear it.  The National Safe Boating Council is promoting safe boating and life jacket safety through this weekend with National Safe Boating Week, which runs through May 25.  According to the latest statistics from the U.S. Coast Guard, North Carolina ranked 5th in the nation for boating deaths and 7th for boating accidents, a number that can be prevented with increased awareness of life jacket safety. Approximately 88 percent of drowning victims in recreational boating accidents were not wearing a life jacket.  “A life jacket can't save your life unless you “Wear It!,” said John Johnson, executive director of the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators.  For more information on National Safe Boating Week, visit www.safeboatingcampaign.com.