The Miss Ann, an 82-year-old yacht whose elegance reflected the refinements of a Northern Neck resort and the tastes of the guests who stayed there, has been sold.

The Tides Inn in Irvington sold the 120-long steel-hulled vessel last week for an undisclosed price.

The resort listed it with a Florida broker for $1.2 million last winter after wrestling with the decision for more than two years.

Brothers Frank Schroff of Colonial Beach and Guy Schroff of Herndon bought the Miss Ann, said Tides Inn manager Gordon Slatford. Neither could be reached for comment. Slatford said the two plan to put the vessel to work on the Potomac River, running cruises out of Washington.

Slatford said rising operating costs and marine-safety restrictions rendered the vessel — which burns about 40 gallons of fuel an hour — impractical.

The inn wants another "character vessel," Slatford said, but preferably one with fewer maintenance and fuel demands.