You may want to take another look at your numbers if you have a 17 foot long canoe. The Old Town with serial number 92887 was a nine foot long dinghy that went to San Francisco, Calif. on March 2nd, 1927. The information at
http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?791 may help. Please attach a picture of the numbers from each end if you can or just confirm the length and which digit is the least clear. Thanks,
Benson