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I see that you are new to the forum. welcome! There are a lot of very knowledgeable people here that will to give a lot of great advise. I have a 1993 13' Sport. I assume the wood is the same. On the port side it is just a matter of removing the 3 screws and pulling it off. As you stated there is probably some varnish holding it on probably stuck to the seat. Just carefully pry it off. Should come off easily. As for the steering wheel, they do tend to stick on there. What I do is loosen the nut to the top of the threaded shaft, then leave the socket on it and gently tap the socket with a hammer while pulling up on the wheel to break it free. It should come off. There is a sloth Ed shaft with a D type item that stops the wheel from spinning on the shaft so be careful not to loos it.