When at sea, and trapped in a Big Octo's swirling watery clutches, how do I get away? I don't have the boomerang, bombs or the bow and arrow yet. I have the grappling hook, but I can't seem to use it from the boat.
The only option I figured out myself is just waiting for it to gobble me up, but it takes too long! I'm inpatient!
I'm currently playing the HD version, but I think it's the same as in the original.
How to get away from Wind Waker’s Big Octo without boomerang, arrows, bombs
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You can't. At this point in the game, as you have correctly observed, you have no way to kill it. Aside from killing it, the only way to get away from a Big Octo is the Ballad of Gales warp song, which, without arrows, you also do not have at this point in the game.
Big Octos only appear in certain sectors. My advice is to avoid those sectors for now, if you can, or, whatever you do, watch out for huge flocks of seagulls. That's your first sign that there is a Big Octo in the area. Stay away, until you have a ranged weapon to kill it with (boomerang is the easiest, and the first one you will get).