A few years ago on a Princess cruise overseas I made a guts of myself with daily double prawn cocktails and several lobster tails in the days when they were available daily. Yes the gout got me, feet swelled up real bad until the progout tabs kicked in. So it was thongs for me as I hobbled in to the dining room. No one said boo, I was clearly in great pain.
These days I take an Alluprinol tab daily re uric acid. No flare ups since but I go easy on the shell fish.