I converted a 110-year-old ship into a beachfront hotel on Indonesia's shores. Here's how I did it.

I converted a 110-year-old ship into a beachfront hotel on Indonesia's shores. Here's how I did it.

Eric Saw, the founder of Doulos Phos, The Ship Hotel in Bintan, Indonesia.Aditi BharadeSingaporean businessman Eric Saw bought a century-old ship in 2010 with big hopes for it.Over the next nine years, he struggled to find a place to berth it.Now, the ship has been transformed into a beachfront hotel on its own reclaimed island in Indonesia.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Eric Saw, the 73-year-old founder of Doulos Phos The…