Joe I dont have a goose neck at all on my three landyachts and never felt the need either The boom just attaches to the tack and the clew of the sail cant get cheaper than that and works fine I still have the downhaul attached to the front of the boom Not unusual a very common setup here
If you have to have a gooseneck, just use a plastic rowlock. it does everything a fancy yacht one does and you get 2 in the bag for about $5. downhaul,vang would be fine