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Having sailed Tampa Bay since the early 90's, in my view an asymmetric really isn't particularly useful and certainly not as useful as a light No# 1. Use the No# 1 on a furler from May to October and the 110 through the winter. Unless you're on a passage during the light air daze, the asym just isn't that useful within the Bay. Further, if you're not racing, I suggest a relatively higher cut clew, which improves sail shape when running with a pole and improves one's ability to see.
If you want an asym later, check out Atlantic Sail Traders in Sarasota. They always seem to have a couple of used spinnakers on hand and a used symmetric can be re-cut and seamed to make a pretty decent asym very inexpensively compared to a new sail. (They have a good sail-maker in house.)
FWIW...
s/v HyLyte
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