Untrue, if you made it at leat halfway through the game, (Forset Temple), you would have known that Link is actaully Hylian, Not Korkiri.
Also note that link IS Left Handed. On the Wii version Of TP, they made him right handed, so it would be easier for the majority of players to adust to the motion sensitivity. On the GC version of TP he is left handed.

Which also explains why he could leave the Forest and not disapear.(Regular Korkiri who would leave the forest for extended periods of time miht vanish.
ALso you guys missed one, the raft is a reference to LOZ Links Awakening, where he is stranded on an Island and thrown off a raft.