The King of Red Lions

The King of Red Lions was the talking sail boat that helps you out in your quest. It first met Link when he rescued him from The Great Sea, where Link had been thrown by the helmesaur king after his first invasion of the Forsaken Fortress. KorL then asks Link to get a sail from Windfall Island, after which KorL takes him to Dragon Roost Island, and then around the rest of The Great Sea while guiding Link on his adventures. You can use multiple items in his boat, the Grappling Hook also acts as a crane so you can retrieve items at the bottom of the sea, when you use bombs, a cannon pops out and you can shoot the bombs at objects. Since you can only travel to the islands shown on the map, he doesn't let the Link sail to off-map areas.